'I would love to be a part of Bollywood.'
'Sadly, only glamorous roles have been offered to me until now, where I have nothing to do, just be a glam-doll.' Said Divyanka Tripathy.
Television actress Divyanka Tripathy spreads her wings and gets ready to make her digital debut with the Web series, Coldd Lassi Aur Chicken Masala.
Directed by Pradeep Sarkar, the story is revolves around chefs Nitya and Vikram, who seem to have had a rough past together.
You were juggling the Web series Coldd Lassi Aur Chicken Masala with two television shows, Yeh Hai Mohabbatein and The Voice 3. How difficult was it?
It was interesting, challenging and tiring.
Yeh Hai Mohabbatein is a beautiful show, with all sorts of twists and turns.
Coldd Lassi Aur Chicken Masala is a totally different show because my character Nitya is very aggressive. She's a good chef and shows her aggressive nature by having strict kitchen rules,.
But she's been quite sweet in the past, so this kind of mix was very different for me.
Nitya is very different from Dr Ishita (in Yeh Hai Mohabbatein).
Their hairstyles are also very different; I had to chop my hair for Nitya.
I was also anchoring for The Voice 3, which is a glamorous reality television show. I got to wear beautiful dresses.
The most challenging part of shooting The Voice 3 was standing and anchoring for more than 14 hours a day. It was tiring work.
Anchors have to bring in the laughs. Was that difficult?
Yes, anchors have to add some comic elements to the show, and I am not in that zone.
The makers knew this and wanted somebody who would make the audience connect with the judges and the contestants easily.
They saw something compassionate in me and that's what they wanted to bring out in the show.
Later, they thought the comic flavour was equally important and added that in bits and pieces.
I enjoyed it very much because the response was amazing.
You're a big star on television. Is reaching a wider audience the only reason for your digital debut?
It’s humbling when people say that I am a big star; I feel like a learner each and every day.
When I started working with Pradeep (Sarkar, director) dada on Coldd Lassi Aur Chicken Masala, I immediately informed him about my negatives. But he assured me to go with the flow and that he would take care of everything else.
So I keep improving myself everyday.
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