Megha Ray: We are catering to a much smarter audience now

Actor Megha Ray prefers taking up realistic stories that the youth can connect with, rather than unnecessary drama. She advises against learning on the go in the industry. Ray is currently working on the youth-centric show, Sapnon Ki Chhalaang, and is not bothered by TRPs, instead focusing on doing her job honestly.

Actor Megha Ray believes in taking up stories that are more realistic and ones with which the youth are able to relate to.

Megha Ray

“We are catering to a much smarter audience and the challenge OTT has posed for other mediums in terms of offering real stories cannot be ignored. That’s why I have always been doing closer to life roles as unnecessary drama, unreal situations isn’t what I am comfortable doing on screen. Stories should be something youngsters today can connect to,” says the Apna Bhi Time Ayega and Rang Jaun Tere Rang Mein actor.

A trained Bharatnatyam dancer and a computer engineer too, Ray adds that it’s difficult make it in the industry if one plans to learn on the go.

“I got a chance to audition for this show that was based on a girl who was on the verge of losing her eyesight and aspired to be a dancer. That was my first audition for the daily Dil Yeh Ziddi and I cracked it. The first few days on sets was the real task. I was completely clueless as I had never seen a shoot before and I never knew that you have to shoot something multiple times with different angles and lens. It was really hard for me to understand which position to maintain where the light was. Talking and emoting even when people were not there in front of you was so difficult. Today when I look back, I feel I wouldn’t have given my best then as I had no idea where to look and what to assume,” she says.