Manish Goel quits Paraya Dhan
Actor Manish Goel is jobless but happy with his decision to quit the soap “Paraya Dhan”.
There has been a lot of speculation about why the TV star decided to walk out of Star’s soap “Paraya Dhan”.
According to Star’s creative head Shailja Kejriwal: “I feel Manish is a talented actor. After the immense popularity Manish and his wife Poonam Nirula achieved on ‘Nach Baliye’, I saw he had no serials on hand. I got him into our soap ‘Paraya Dhan’.
“After 30 episodes Manish this week decided to walk out of ‘Paraya Dhan’ because he had to wait for a couple of hours for his shot. He failed to understand that there were 18 other actors on the set. His time was being paid for, so Manish should just have been more professional and patient.”
However, Manish has other stories to tell.
He blames the serial’s producer Sanjay Wadhwa for his ouster.
“I’m not a mad man to leave my only serial without a back-up plan. From day one, Wadhwa wanted me out. He thought I charged too much money. But since the channel instructed him to sign me he had no choice. Since we’re paid day-wise, my work was being deliberately minimised on the sets. I was being forced into a corner repeatedly through deliberate glitches and delays.”
Manish chose to do this serial for a specific reason.
“At this juncture I only want to do roles that will help me grow as an actor. I selected ‘Paraya Dhan’ because my look and character of a romantic goon really appealed to me. I had not shaved for a year even then I had to perform on stage, just to look the part.
“I put my whole and soul in the soap. I only do one soap at a time. And this was my first soap since ‘Nach Baliye’ 11 months ago. Though the soap was about six sisters I was excited when the producer assured I’ve a meaty role. To my dismay I found myself shooting for not even an hour per day. I’d be sitting around the whole day and suddenly when it was pack-up time they’d wake up and start cramming my shots. You won’t believe this, but out of 30 days I shot for only four days!”
Manish gets progressively agitated.
“My wife has stopped working. Our baby has started going into play school. I expect a certain kind of money to come to me. ‘Paraya Dhan’ wasn’t providing me with that kind of sustenance. Out of the 25-odd episodes so far I haven’t figured in 20-25 scenes.”
Manish is very happy to be out of this project.
“I was really stressed out. I was treated like trash. When the producer signed me he didn’t make one announcement about my presence in ‘Paraya Dhan’. But when I was out, he called up every friend he had in the media. ‘Paraya Dhan’ was the biggest mistake of my life.
“After ‘Nach Baliye’ I turned down shows like ‘Virasat’, ‘Pyar Ke Do Naam’, ‘Ankhiyon Ke Jharonkhon Se’ and ‘Woh Rehne Wali Mehlon Ki’…What next? For now I need to gather my thoughts together.”
— IANS
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