EXCLUSIVE: Paridhi Sharma Compares TV And Bollywood Ahead Of Debut In Emraan Hashmi, Yami Gautam’s HAQ; Says, “Kaam Toh Similar Hota Hai, But…”

Paridhi Sharma On Pay Parity Between TV, Bollywood

When asked about the transition from TV to Bollywood and if there were any differences in pay or casting behaviour, Paridhi Sharma said, “Mujhe toh aisa lagta hai ki aap yeh joh segregation banaya hua hai, TV, theatre, movie ka par aapko woh lenge hi nahi agar aap deserve nahi karte woh role. Obviously, I auditioned for the role, I got selected, the director loved my performance, and that’s the reason they gave me the role. Toh mere zehan mein yeh tha hi nahi ki main kahin se deserve kar rahi thi isliye wahan pe thi.”

Paridhi On Dealing With TV Actor Tag

Speaking of how one deals with the tag of being a TV actor in the industry, the actress said, “Haan, I think yeh fact toh hai. Humne segregate karke rakha hai, hierarchy bana ke rakhi hai bade-chhote ki, which is a sad scenario. But mujhe lagta hai thoda sa focus craft pe bhi hona chahiye, kyunki har medium ke alag parameters aur demands hoti hain in terms of performance. So when I decided to broaden my horizon and wanted to try different mediums, maine bhi thoda break liya almost 3 and a half years ka. I kept working on my craft, maine bahut saare workshops kiye, Atul Mongia ka workshop kiya, unke saath ek short film bhi ki joh unhone direct ki thi. Kaafi saara craft pe kaam karne ke baad mujhe woh tuning aur samajh aayi, kyunki competition bahut tough hai.”

She added, “I completely agree with that. Aur do cheezein karna bahut zaroori hai television se yahan transition ke liye. You really have to be assured on your craft, jismein bahut mehnat lagti hai; aur dusra, jazba to start from scratch. Kyunki television mein itna kaam karne ke baad, protagonist role play karne ke baad, aapko phir se A, B, C, D steps chadhna padta hai. Aur kai log woh kar nahi paate, kyunki aapko apna vanity drop karna padta hai, apna ego bhi poori tarah se side rakhna padta hai.”

Continuing, she said, “Scratch se shuru karna padhta hai. You should be open to meeting so many casting directors, open to going to Aram Nagar, keep visiting people and keep learning the craft. Student ki tarah floor pe baith ke fir se seekhna A, B, C, D. Achha ab ye organic, naturalistic acting kya hoti hai? Kya iska rhythm hai? Yeh sab samajhna padta hai. It’s a time-taking process, and in an absolutely competitive environment.”

Paridhi Compares TV And Bollywood

When asked about the difference between acting on TV and the big screen, Paridhi answered, “Dekhiye, mota-mota kaam toh similar hi hota hai, ek unit hoti hai, woh sab same hota hai. But in terms of approach towards acting, it’s slightly different. Theatre mein ek alag style hoti hai — wahan projection hota hai because you have to reach out to the audience. So you have to bring that projection into your acting.”

The actress continued, “Television acting is more emotion-driven, thoda emotion-based hoti hai. But jab hum film ya OTT ki baat karte hain, wahan emotion output ka matter hota hai. You have to think more on the actions, and be very truthful, very subtle actually. Woh pattern break karna mere liye sabse challenging tha, kyunki jab maine workshops start kiye, toh mere mentor ne kaha, ‘Thoda zyada ho raha hai, usko settle kaise karna hai.'”

Paridhi On Acting Training

Concluding, she said, “Aur woh itni aasani se aata nahi. Kyunki you have been trained and experienced in doing a certain type of acting for years. Then, to unlearn that process is quite challenging. Aur jab Atul Mongia ne kaha, ‘You performed so organically,’ that boosted my confidence to another level. Maine kaha, okay, since 3 years I was trying to reach here and ab mujhe samajh aaya. Atul Mongia, joh acting coach hain, unhone Alia Bhatt se leke Ranveer Singh tak kitne A-listers ko train kiya hai. And he loved my performance. Jab unhone bola that he wanted to make a short film with me, we eventually did it — it’s available on YouTube. Woh pattern break karne mein mujhe bahut time laga, but once I broke that, I understood the trick — ki yahan ka performance kaise karna hai, aur kis purpose ke saath karna hai.”

Paridhi Sharma will be next seen in Haq, starring Yami Gautam and Emraan Hashmi.