Krystle Dsouza quit fiction TV in 2018 post Belan Wali Bahu.
Krystle Dsouza says she still faces rejection for belonging from TV. However, she gives a shout-out to all TV actors and says she’s proud for being one.
Krystle Dsouza’s last full-fledged role in a fiction television show was in Belan Wali Bahu in 2018. A year later, she marked her OTT debut with Fittrat and her debut film outing Chehre released in 2021. Much like many of her contemporaries, Krystle had earlier spoken about how being a TV actor, she faced discrimination when she started auditioning for films and web series. Now, in an exclusive chat with News18 Showsha, she reveals that the scenario hasn’t quite changed despite the fact that she appeared in a film with Amitabh Bachchan, a feat not many can boast about.
She tells us, “It still happens. It has been six-seven years since I haven’t done TV but I still get to hear it a lot. People use the words ‘TV actor’ in a derogatory way. TV made me who I’m today. It has given me my biggest hits. But I still hear words like, ‘Oh, you’re from TV, so casting you looks difficult.’ But I don’t mind it. I’m from TV and I’m proud of it. I don’t think any other medium can match up to TV. I genuinely don’t know why it’s so difficult to take a plunge from TV to films.”
Talking about how she still has fans referring to her as her character from Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai, she says, “Tomorrow, if I go to any small town, they’ll call me Jeevika and ask me ki Manvi kahaan hai. On the contrary, if there’s a film actor standing right next to them, they might not even know them. That’s why I feel that TV has a great reach among masses. TV actors are amazing. A big shout-out to them! They’re the most hard-working and they can work under pressure irrespective of what comes their way.”
So, how would the Baat Hamari Pakki Hai and Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar actor draw a difference between these mediums? “The hours we put in, my god! We never had any gaps between shoot. We used to shoot for 12-13 scenes a day because we had to air the episode the next day. In films and OTT, you’ve the leisure of doing two-three scenes a day and you get gaps during the lighting and time to rehearse. On a TV set, you’re already on the master shot as the script is coming taaza taaza,” she remarks.
She admits to work being slow considering her second feature film, Visfot, came three years after her first. In fact, she believes that it’s the TV tag that has also led to lesser film offers. Talking about it, Krystle states, “I don’t think anybody who isn’t privileged is flooded with offers. You’ve to go out and hunt for roles every single day and most of the times, they don’t even materialise because of reasons that aren’t related to acting or how good you’re at your job. It’s not easy when you’re from TV. I don’t know why they’re looked down upon.”
