Apurva refuses to step on stage!
Apurva Agnihotri suffers from stagefright. Do other TV actors feel the same way too?
GITA HARI
Acting is acting after all or that's what one might think but each medium has its own allure and appeal, to both the actor as well as the audience. Here, we find out what gives the actors a 'high'—acting on television or the live experience of being on stage. "Definitely theatre!" declares Indraneel of Kittu Sab Janti Hai on SaharaOne, Salil Acharya. "I was a part of 'Scene Stealers' group in Delhi and never had stage fright. Once during a scene, the handle of a cupboard came off getting the actress locked within and we had to pull off the play despite it. It is quite hilarious when I look back. Sometimes, the clothes don't fit properly, we have jokes falling apart but presence of mind comes in handy during such situations."
Rushad Rana who did a play three years back reveals a little known fact about him, "Throughout school, I have been on stage participating in plays and elocution competitions. One hour in the green room, then the third bell rings, it is a little scary. Just a few minutes before you go on stage, you get goose bumps but once there, I am comfy."
"Acting gives me a high," exclaims Bhavana Balsaver, who has performed on stage before TV happened, going on to add, "With the kind of stuff happening on television, I prefer theatre where you can gauge live audience reaction. You get a chance to grow as an actor on stage."
If there is one person who is petrified to perform on stage, it is the shy Apurva Agnihotri, whose self-confession goes like this, "I am too scared and nervous to act on stage with live audience watching me. I would much rather prefer facing the camera than the audience." Speaking on her recent stage experience, Priti Puri says, "I always wanted to do comedy. The play Aey…. Phasa provided me with a right platform and I was truly elated to see the audience response live."
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