Comedy’s out of my comfort zone: Anita Hassanandani
Anita’s career is going great at the moment
By : natasha coutinho
Update: 2015-08-30 22:30 GMT
Anita Hassanandani, who plays Shagun in Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, is now trying her hand at humour with Comedy Nights Bachao. The actress hopes that this stint will help her get out of her “comfort zone.”
She says, “I think this show will help me open up as a person because comedy is all about timing. People who I am close to, compliment me for my sense of humour. However, comedy is out of my comfort zone. Luckily this is scripted, so I am hoping to improve with each episode. Though the genre is “insult comedy”, it isn’t like the AIB roast. The humour here still belongs to the nice, happy zone.”
Juggling the two shows, Anita reveals that it isn’t much of a struggle.
She says, “Luckily I’m not the lead for the show, Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, so I inform the team about my availability and they schedule the shoot accordingly.”
The actress also has a film to look forward to — she will essay the role of Athiya Shetty’s bhabhi in the upcoming film Hero. She says, “My character is positive and sweet in the movie. It felt good shooting for an actual A-grade film.”
Anita’s career is going great at the moment, but the actress reveals that she hasn’t forgotten the low phase she faced a few years ago.
She says, “I had done a film called Koi Aap Sa with Aftab Shivdasani. I had put in a lot of effort and was sure it would do well. However, when the film flopped, I went into depression for six months.” She states that it is this phase that taught her a lot. “It taught me that you shouldn’t let your career affect your life so much. I realised that I started from nowhere and still achieved so much, so I shouldn’t be greedy. That doesn’t mean I am not ambitious; but if things don’t work out today, it is still okay. I have my family to fall back on. I am content. I started this journey when I was 16. I have done television and movies; I have worked in the South and delivered hits and flops. Now I am married. My priorities have changed but the journey has been beautiful.”