So,here i am sitting by the window, sipping my usual green tea.While it's pouring outside.Absolutely loving the weather.Rain always gives me the sensation of being renewed & i feel the magic of Nature gives me chance to grow.It reminds me that there is still a chance to change it all. Or a chance to keep up with my Happiness,Hopes & aspirations! And today this beautiful weather have given me an inspiration to start writing again.However, i don't really know how to even begin.But i do know what i want to write about.And today as u read its about a TV show called FIR how it all started and how it ended even before i felt it had begun for me.
Nearly,5 months back i got my 1st call.By then i'd also made up my mind if anything interesting comes along i'll simply not deny it,experiment with television has to happen.So,when Mrs.Kholi (The Producer) called me i was quite prepared.While talking to her the thought in my intuitive mind crossed that could she be offering me FIR but within no second it disappeared into a bubble.Next day i found myself sitting in the office,not much to my surprise i was being offered FIR as a new Cop.I shall spare you the long details of it .All i know that even when i had singed a contract i didn't feel like i had. I was numbed with the fact that i had actually singed a TVshow..all sorts of thoughts were coming into my head. Neither i was too over enthusiastic about it nor too blase. I was in an absolute neutral state of mind!I began shooting in march till this june.And for however long it lasted i must admit i enjoyed it immensely.The warm welcome i got from my team was very nice.Even from the people,media it was all good. I was asked so many questions.My FIR team made me feel like at home. Initially it took time for me to get use to tv cameras,its way different from the film shoot you know! But slowly & steady i was getting use to it. My director Shashank Bali was my biggest help on the set.Whatever i did or could do it on that show credit goes to him.Im an absolute director's actor.From day one he had me going.He explained me so many things. Not just work but we connected on different level.And i'm glad he was my director. And of course my writer Amit Aryan without him it wouldn't have been possible.He wrote my dialogues in haryanvi only so that it becomes easy for me. Acting wasn't a problem just getting the Haryanvi accent was the challenge. But my entire team Gopi ji, Sandeep,Deepesh,Nirmal,Sanjay sir encouraged n supported me.All the assistants were so good.The technicians,spot dada always on time,Sweet tai who did my hair,makeup dada made me look good. Every actor on our set was happy n content.There was no place for egos,insecurities and i really like that.It use to be a laught riot on the sets.
I think i had the most amazing time shooting for it.Although there were so many things which did not necessary convinced me but i chose to just flow with it. No wonder we call it a idiot box. Generally talking one should not expect a logic from TV thats what everybody says.Probably, thats a fun of it but i believe why not? Why can't be there any logic what we making n selling to the audience isn't our moral duty to give them something different? I've a feeling soon there will be revolution in tv industry and the culture of Seasons will be the next thing,better story will be made where it'll be a combination of entertainment & education. We'll all as an actors,producers,directors,writers & the audience will have a chance to thrive in our thinking and creativity.
Anyway, i was talking how much fun i had during the show.How much i enjoyed being a Jawalamukhi chautala the whacked out cop.The best part was i got to do lots of action.I love action & i was so dying to do an action packed role.I'd always thought to myself that i would make a really cool ninja fighter haha..And this show gave me the platform to explore that part of me. And oh boy how much i danced too..every second day i was dancing or doing some action and i loved it! Belly dancing to romantic rain dance to taporigiri what not. I got a chance to explore different sides of my personality. I got to do various styles of characters oh and those disguises were hilarious to portray. All an all it was a mad fun. And my journey with the FIR team was absolutely crazy & fun. We did so much masti on the sets,the pranks,teasing each other,music sessions, shared each other food, bonded really well.The entire process taught me well,i learned so much while working on it. I became more confident as an actor. Whoever said it "Ending is just the beginning of something New" said it right. Now that chapter is over for me and i am glad that it is over coz i know there is something much better ahead of me.I didn't even got a chance to say goodbye, in a way it was good as i hate saying goodbye.I've moved on. It was not that hard for me perhaps coz i am use to it, coming from Film background where you work for one unit till you finish the film and then you move on to another. But i would be lying that abrupt ending for me in that show didn't hurt me a bit. It did pinched me i felt extremely bad.I knew it gonna get over someday but i'd not expected it to get over so soon without even a warning.And it did got me thinking, raised so many questions in my head that Why and How? Was i given a fair chance to prove myself? Is 3 months enough to take away 7yrs of glory? Was TRP got affected by the IPL that time? Or i just couldn't deliver upto my potential? I had just started only getting hold of it..people had finally started accepting me as Jwala. But then Boom! that one thought came n stayed that whatever i could've done or the reason was IT WAS JUST NEVER MEANT TO BE! Suddenly, it all became clear and now I am at peace with myself.And my mission in life is not merely to survive,but to thrive & to do so with some Passion,Compassion & with some Style baby!!
I would take this opportunity to thank everyone to all my friends,my producers,Anooj Sir(Sab Tv) to my team mates who called me and encouraged me.My family who are happy for me n still very proud. My fans who love and appreciates me and still write me with such love n affection. The funny and the best was from Satish Kaushik : "You're Fire..you don't need FIR" i think that was so sweet of him to say just to make me feel better hehe.Now that i am no longer a part of the show. So, i bid farewell to FIR. And i wish my entire team of FIR good luck .Hope the show runs smoothly & do wonders.May god bless them all!Now im gonna shut up before i explode your mind with overdose of BLB (Bohot Lamba blog) ;-)Love & Light
Chitrashi Rawat :-)
Liked it.. may u keep getng such calls.. n offers luck_and_love here :)
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ReplyDeleteDear Chitrashi,
ReplyDeleteTry as u might, don't say it doesn't hurt. Of course it does. And I understand. It happened to me once. A long time ago. I was unceremoniously dropped from a big serial by a big producer/director Sridhar Kshirsagar. It hurt like hell. Especially since I'd done a damn fine job on the only day I got to act. But he dropped me all the same. For a personal reason. He is dead. I'm still here. So will you. Success is the best revenge. Love n hugs. Ashiesh Roy.
Thankyou So much Ashiesh dear.But i didn't say it didn't hurt of course it did. Its just over the years ive grown stronger & know how to deal with it. I so appreciate ur gesture ! May god bless you!!
Deletechitrashi you are alwayas a super star
ReplyDeleteIt's better to leave this TV & Films.
ReplyDeletePlease ...go to in Indian Women Hockey & make it very special & no. 01 & feel proud to India.
I had heard that you are real Hockey PLAYER in Comedy Circus Time.
Best Of Luck for your future.
You are one superb actor Chitrashi. As a fan of FIR who has been a loyal viewer for years, I must say that the show would come crumbling down to the ground without you. You are the one who kept the show going - and going well! You fluidly metamorphosed from a chuimui girl to a tough cop to a seductress to a zombie to...the list goes on! To even entertain a thought of you failing to deliver the potential is nothing short of a crime. For you, the blessing of FIR is that the audience now knows that you are one first-rate actress. As you yourself accept, the show proved to be a platform where you could experiment with innumerable characters. You did justice to all the characters you played within FIR and that cannot go unnoticed in the larger audience.
ReplyDeleteThe fate that you met with, though unfortunate, was inevitable and the reason for that lies not with the extraneous factors like IPL. The reason lies with the natural tendency of people to associate a particular actor with a character. Sometimes the actor and character get so fused that it becomes impossible for the audience to imagine them divorced from each other or to see either of them associated elsewhere. That is the only reason why people failed, at least in its earlier episodes, to accept a different lead actor for FIR. Though it is true that slowly your magic had started to work and people had started identifying 'Chautala' with Chitrashi, the bond from the past was too strong to break.
The one lesson you may derive from this episode is to never accept an offer for a role which has been established for a long time and widely accepted by people. For the attachment of this kind resists any change, positive or not.
To conclude this BLR (Bada Lamba Reply) to your blog, I wish you a best luck for the future. FIR did it for me what 'Chak de!' couldn't. Now, I will look forward to your roles. Cheers!! :)
Dear Chitrashi,
ReplyDeleteI can understand your feelings but you have helped the show running so far and avoiding its shutdown with your own styles. As a big FIR fan, I honestly say that people will always have tendency to go behind the original caste but you were a big part for survival of the show. The down of the show is not at all because of you but it involves many actors absence from the show.
I think you have a great potential and you are made for films rather than serials so have a great career ahead...
All The Best.
This is from our family who loves FIR and watches it since long time :
ReplyDeleteWhen first show of FIR aired with new leading inspector (you), there was a doubt, how you'll handle a position, the previous role was loved by us very much, but gradually we accepted your role and started loving your work. We did not miss old character much.
And suddenly knowing you are no longer be seen on FIR? thats pretty crazy, even if old character returns back, the existing character, who has made a good place in audience's heart should not be just dropped off.
Wish to see you again on TV or big screen, wish you all the very best for your future, you really deserve a good work!
Hi Chitrashi,
ReplyDeleteI am a hardcore FIR fan and let me tell you with complete honesty that this is the only show I look forward to watching. For me, the leap and change of cast in the show was not a new thing at all. I knew that with time changes are bound to come. And trust me, I found you very good and funny as Jwala and the new team was quite good. I am a die-hard fan of Kavita Kaushik but that doesn't mean that I will be biased towards any actor that comes in her place. Change is inevitable and you have to accept it. I enjoyed your acting thoroughly. Maybe there are many fans of hers who are too much attached to her and wanted her back. I wouldn't blame them either. But I want to ask them one thing, had Tota weds Maina been a success, would she have returned to FIR then? Tell me. No, I don't think so. And I consider it a very bad thing on the FIR team's part that now they have brought her back and let you out of the show as if you were just a filler. So unprofessional.
And as for the TRPs, there are many reasons that I can tell for the poor points. First of all, the timing is too late. I watch the re-runs too as it is very difficult to be awake after 10 in the night. Then IPL was also going on. So obviously. Lastly, for filling the gap of a character that has been played for 7 long years, it will take the new actor some time, isn't it?
Lastly, I would like to say that the FIR team should learn from CID people. They don't pay attention to what people say. They just carry on. So many characters have come and gone ( Characters that we truly loved lie Inspector Vivek, Kajal etc.), even then the show is running full at TRPs.
And also I wish you BEST OF LUCK for your future. I know you will do much much better and will get bigger opportunities. My wishes with you.
DeleteThank you guys so much for showing your love n support to me. I really appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteLove & Light :-)
Best of luck Chitrashi, me and my wife loved you in FIR.
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