Actress-producer Neha Pendse is a well-known face on both the small and big screen. After carving a niche in the Marathi and Hindi film industries, she is currently seen in the television show Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain, which completed 1700 episodes earlier this month. Pendse as Anita Vibhuti Narayan Mishra replacing Saumya Tandon earlier this year says that initially, not everyone accepted her replacing Saumya.
“It started, obviously, with a lack of acceptance, which was highly expected. Some people accepted me right away, while some people didn’t. But television is a matter of habit. Used to see the character play for a good five years, it is difficult to change that mindset immediately. But now that I have been on the show continuously for almost 10 months, there has been a change. There is, of course, an acceptance, and That’s how television operates,” he said of the audience accepting her as the new Anita.
Pendse has been juggling television and cinema for a long time. When asked whether there is a bias towards television actors entering films, she said that to some extent, however, she has never been on the receiving end.
“Yes, there is a bias and at times I think it’s valid because most television actors are very ignorant of the way they act, and the reason they get into television is very different. And when it comes to films, their craft Great filmmakers in the U.S. look for actors who are also great in their field. However, there are a handful of television actors who are good at their craft and get selected for films,” said the Sooraj Pe Mangal Bhari actress.
Neha recently won the Best Actress Award at the Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) for her Marathi film ‘June’. In the film, her character is coping with the sorrows of her past, while she meets an engineer who is also carrying a burden from her past. Their bond and journey is the crux of the film. Talking about the award for her role, she says that she feels grounded as that is the recognition she has been waiting for.
“Instead of being elated, I feel very grounded because I think this is the recognition I’ve wanted for the longest time. I wanted my identity as an actor to go beyond my beauty and when You achieve that purpose, with the recognition of an award, you feel that all the hard work is worth it. There is more to me than my beautiful face and there is nothing that was not discovered. That’s exactly what made me Said yes to June.”
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