Mansi Parekh says there is no return to television until it meets Sumit Sambhal Lega’s standard

Manasi Parekh is currently one of the best actors in the country. Parekh, who started in the television industry two decades ago, has now done so won the National Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film Kutch Express.. After the big win, she spoke to India Today Digital and opened up about her time in the television industry. The actress shared that she suffered a nervous breakdown during her TV appearance and also revealed whether she has said goodbye to it.

Recalling her time in the television industry, Manasi Parekh said, “The schedule touched me personally. While I was shooting for my TV show Gulaal, I had a major breakdown after just six months. It was an incredible show, but the rigors of doing television every day, day after day is no joke.

She agreed that there is a timetable of 12 to 14 hours or even more, adding: “And then there is an hour or two of travel time.” She stressed that sleep deprivation is a regular occurrence: “It happens every day that you don’t sleep. There is no life. You go home to sleep. In my TV years, I just went home to sleep. I have seven years of my life.” I just finished filming, came home, slept and came back because my whole career started when I got married. It’s not easy – the kind of work I did, but because he’s an artist, he understood. I don’t think anyone else would have asked, ‘Hey, what kind of madness is this?'”

But has she said goodbye to television, or will audiences ever get to see her on the small screen again? “The last show I did on television was Sumit Sambhal Lega and I think it was one of the most incredible shows I have ever been a part of. So while I was doing this show, I was very clear that if I got one percent less, I wouldn’t do it anymore. Nothing was done after that until I got a show as great as Sumit Sambhal Lega (will I be on TV again),” Manasi said.

The actor also admitted that with the rise of OTT, television is becoming less important. “There are more experiments, there are better makers and there are so many different storylines and characters that can be explored on OTT which cannot be explored on television because of the limitations of censorship,” Manasi Parekh said, adding, ‘TV is now, I guess I’m thinking about what to do in fiction because all the storylines that used to play on TV are now more meaty on OTT. There’s more depth to the characters and the story.”

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So what would boost the television industry? “Limited shows and limited storyline,” the Jhamkudi actor quickly replied. “Television runs on advertising revenue. So once the story arrives, the makers expand the show further because it becomes a cash cow. That’s not how it should work. This is also why OTT can run because it is subscription based. First.” “I have to subscribe to it so it doesn’t come with ads and there’s more freedom to explore that TV doesn’t have,” she explained.

Manasi Parekh is now part of the Gujarati film industry and is contributing to its growth, not only as an actor but also as a producer. Her last release, Jhamkudi, was a hit and is now streaming on OTT.