‘Hurt and angry’ Chetan Hansraj quits Zee TV’s Jodha Akbar
The cast of Zee TV’s Jodha Akbar has seen a casualty. The actor who has thrown in the towel is Balaji loyalist Chetan Hansraj.
And he has parted on not such an amicable note. His exit was a dramatic one. Informs a source from the set: “During a shot Chetan lost his cool, ripped off his costume and said ‘f*#k you guys. He was very upset of late. The incident happened three days back. ”
Whoa!!! So what led to such an outburst?
To find the truth we buzzed Chetan and he opened up in an exclusive chat.
“Balaji is like a family. I have been working with them since the last ten years now. However, I have had a very bad experience in Jodha Akbar,” said Chetan in anger.
He continued: “I was promised 20 days of shoot every month, but was called for only three to four days. That’s certainly not done. I have a family to look after. I have been with the show since the beginning. But I was cheated inspite of being so loyal and patient. My character was going nowhere. Shalu (associate creative head) was the reason I continued with the show post leap. But it was all empty promises leading to nothing. Each day became humiliating to shoot, thus I quit. I am a senior actor and one should respect my integrity. Shalu had no idea how to carve my character of Adham Khan.”
He is surely angry.
So what about his outburst on the set? “Yes, I had it. So that was it. Due to my commitment to Jodha, I let go many good offers.”
He has been off the sets since the last three days now. So did anyone try to connect from Balaji side? “None, which is really shocking. Now, I don’t wish to talk to anyone. But one thing I would want to add, that if actors are unhappy, it reflects in the show’s TRPs as well. All the best to team Jodha Akbar.”
We dropped a text message to Producer Ekta Kapoor but she did not reply till the time of filing the article.
3 Comments
Pialy
March 29, 10:12when god track and suddenly dupe were emerged only fir pariidhi jodha scene
and jalal ruq satkali or anyother character with no dupes that time I felt he is back
coz after leap afrer sr episodes and technical sv issue ke baad se we never had dupe problem and parijat were always together did amazing akdha scenes
if ekta want ja to continue and recover back ktop five
sv needs to leavr ja
he love to showcase ppl close to him more onscreen
weather satkali ruq and the three really not good fir show trps
hatts if to paridhi for managing full month like this proud of her
and chetan to balaji ph or there crew need such lessons
Pialy
March 29, 10:11How I wish Paridhi had the guts like Chetan, to quit. If a guy like Chetan who is relatively unknown can take this drastic step then why not her. Her nemesis Sant Ram is back and is treating her bad. Please, for goodness sake, show some spine!
Some folks may have noticed my oscillating attitude towards the serial. My heart wants the serial to recover it’s lost heights, but my brain tells me otherwise.
Santa is back, there is increased focus on Salim Anarkali in the past two episodes and unfortunately the changes introduced after the leap are too debilitating to fix. Even minor things like Jalal’s full beard and chest touching hair, hamper enjoyment.
Having said all that, I know I will be watching if anything good comes about. I am an addict and will break the habit only when the serial goes off air.
Pialy
March 29, 10:11If Ekta really wants to see JA back on the top,
she should throw Santram out of the show and bring back some other good directors with whom all actors r comfy…
else soon JA will see new low, coz Santram seems to be very eager to get back to SA track once again…