Rashami Deasai: Influential people get better projects, it is humiliating

Actor Rashami Desai says she feels hurt when people differentiate between TV actors and a Bollywood actors.

Conversations about how the lines are blurring between mediums and there are no more demarcations for actors have been going on for a while but Rashami Deasi says the ground reality is still very different.

Actor Rashami Desai calls out the biases in the film industry

The actor, who has dabbled with films, TV and web, is primarily known for her stint on the small screen.

“I feel as an actress when I get categorized for certain platforms and they say that yeh toh TV actress hai, toh bura lagta hai. I feel bad that people don’t want to conveniently see the good work that I have done and the good projects that I have been a part of and the good people I have worked with. They categorize me for their convenience and comfort,” the 35-year-old shares.

Further calling out the biases that exist against TV actors, Desai says, “They are open for new people but humein TV actors bolke humein kaam nahi dete hai. The influential people get better projects and better space. It is wrong. I don’t like it. It is humiliating and insulting. We are actors and as actors we can explore every medium, and should not be categorized.”

Desai, who has been a part of Hindi, Bhojpuri and Gujarati film, says rather than bother, she feels hurt when people differentiate between TV actors and a Bollywood actors.

“Even people in TV will not respect TV actors so much. They treat you like you are not good for it, and if a film actors comes they give preference to them but it is something I have learnt that you have to demand for it and when you demand, they do it. In TV, people have respect but they don’t demand,” she says.

There are very few actors from TV industry who have been successful in Bollywood as well. On why she thinks many from TV fail to make their mark in Bollywood, the actor says, “Being a part of Bollywood has a different flavor. But actors have to be very patient. Sometimes everything is finalized and the last moment because of a call, you get replaced and somebody else is finalized. But hats off to such TV actors.. .. who make a transition from TV to films. Now I am happy that people are open to take actors from TV in web and films,” she concludes.