‘GREAT TO SEE THE AUDIENCE CRAVE FOR MORE’
With many sequels lined up in 2022, Richa Chadha feels privileged to reprise her roles
It’s a year of sequels for Richa Chadha in 2022. Currently in Delhi to shoot for the third instalment in the Fukrey franchise, she also has the fourth season of her web show Inside Edge, and the second season of Candy and The Great Indian Murder lined up next. And, the actor feels it is a “privilege” for her as it indicates viewers want more of the characters she has portrayed previously.
“It’s always a great feeling to see your work getting appreciated to a level where the audience craves for more. If they are not done with the character you’ve played, it’s a privilege for the actor. We continue stories because in our heads, the journey of our characters isn’t complete. We want to share so much more about them with our audience,” says the 35year-old.
She goes on to point out how sequels give one the opportunity to capture nuances of characters and stories, which one can’t in a three-hour-long movie or a 10episode web show. “The scope of storytelling expands much more when you can tell it year after year. It also gives actors the chance to explore their character arcs and show the audience different sides of them, within the pre-decided storyline,” she opines.
But between these instalments, actors work on other projects as well. Ask her if she finds it difficult to get back to the same character, and pick up right from where she left off, Chadha quips, “Even if there is pressure, I certainly don’t take any!”
In fact, she enjoys the challenge. “It takes a bit of work to get back into the skin of a person. For the prep of Bholi Punjaban, I re-watched Fukrey (2013) and Fukrey Returns (2017). So far, I have never forgotten how to play a character,” she ends.