Richa Chadha frowns upon hierarchy on film sets

Actor feels it creates distances amongst cast, crew

LUCKNOW: An unspoken hierarchy on the sets of mainstream films is not something Fukrey star Richa Chadha is fond of.

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Having worked in both mainstream cinema and projects with theatre artistes, Richa pointed at the basic difference between the two. "Working in mainstream is somewhat stressful, but not in the exact sense. It's a very different experience... There is an unspoken hierarchy in a mainstream film that I am not fond of," Richa said, after wrapping up the shoot of her next film, Abhi Toh Party Shuru Hui.

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The film's ensemble cast includes big names such as Pankaj Tripathi, Saurabh Shukla, Vinay Pathak, Divya Dutta, Manoj Pahwa and Pavan Malhotra. Richa shared even if she is on the top of the hierarchy, it makes her uncomfortable. "Even if I am at the top of a hierarchy, I don't like it because it unknowingly distances you from the other people working on the project. For example, there are five actors and all of them are equally commercially viable and have equal experience... Just because my manager says, ‘Give Richa a separate vanity van', so when I will sit and eat food with them, I will feel weird," she stated.

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According to Richa, the experience during the shoot of Abhi Toh Party Shuru Hui was different. “All the actors stayed together till its wrap up. And they also helped junior artists in giving the best shot. They were not trained actors, so they did not know mark, light, how to put the mic and the basics. But we were sitting and helping, coming together. If there was a hierarchy, then it wouldn’t have been the same and they wouldn't be able to open up,” added the Daas Dev actor.

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"The pressure on that artiste is in fact much more because he/she has to prove himself/herself in just those two days. So, why make that difference or bring it in the first place? If it is there, it really pinches the person on the other side.”

Abhi Toh Party Shuru Hui is a political satire. Its release date is yet to be announced.

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