One hard reality which one has to live with, whether in Bollywood or in the TV industry is that never mess with the existing power centres!
One prominent example being actor Vivek Oberoi who had the guts to call a press conference more than a decade ago and complain about Salman Khan! At that time Vivek was an upcoming promising youngster who had a very bright future ahead of him, but it is alleged that one wrong move has cost him his career. Till today, despite profusely apologizing to Sallu bhai at various public and private occasions, Vivek is still considered an also ran in the race of ace actors!
Chetan Hansraj
Now it is an experienced TV actor, Chetan Hansraj who has revolted against the biggest name in Hindi TV industry, none other than Ekta Kapoor! Okay, it is not against her personally, but against her production house Balaji Telefilms which produces the show Jodha Akbar which Chetan is, or rather was a part of. Unhappy with the way his role was shaping up over past couple of months, he just let the volcano of disappointment burst and that too in full public glare! Not only did he leave the shoot in between, he even spoke to the press about all the issues he had with the show and production house.
Chetan Hansraj in Jodha Akbar
In a way, it is really courageous for him to finally speak up about the wrongdoing done to an actor who is around for almost a decade and no matter how big the power centre is someone has to raise the voice. It should be noticed that such a move is an exception rather than the norm given that all such problems are discussed between the actors and production houses within the four walls of shooting sets or offices. In public, only the cordial happy faces are shown. Going by the way Chetan reacted, it seems he must have had to endure lots to let go of his bonding with the production house he built his career with, to go ahead and level allegations of not taking care of his role or promising him something, but not delivering on their word.
The important questions now are: How will Ekta Kapoor react?
Ekta Kapoor
Would she even react or just let the controversy die its own sweet death? Or is this all actually a stunt by the team to increase the ratings and soon both the parties will bury the hatchet and hug and kiss?
We will have to wait and watch, but one thing is for sure, Chetan has taken one of the biggest steps of his career if he has genuinely vented out his ire. If this is all part of a planned PR strategy, good luck to them if it helps the show to rise the charts!
