To Shruti Sen, everything looks the same on TV

TV actor says she is on the lookout for something different.

NEW DELHI:

Actor Shruti Seth, best remembered as the girl with magical powers Jia in the TV show Shararat, says Indian television shows are clones of each other.

“I see Indian television shows as just a bunch of clones. All the shows, characters and stories are just the same. They look the same and even the dialogues are the same at times,” Shruti told IANS.

She is on the lookout for “something different”.

“On TV, I can’t tell the difference between any two actors. They are doing the same thing and wearing the same clothes, which is very unfortunate,” said the actor, who also featured in shows like Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand and Kyun Hota Hai Pyarrr.

The 35-year-old will now be seen in the second season of family comedy show, The Suite Life of Karan and Kabir.

The show had a successful first season, which wrapped in October 2012. The new season will go on air January 27 on Disney Channel.

In the show, an adaptation of US-based show The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Shruti plays Priti Jaiswal, mother of twin sons — Karan and Kabir.

Shruti Seth will now be seen in the second season of family comedy show, The Suite Life of Karan and Kabir, which will go on air January 27 on Disney Channel. PHOTO: FILE

“We have had a very successful first season and we are happy for the second season; it should be more fun as we have gotten along very well. We have become very comfortable with each other and the script this time is even funnier,” she said.

The actor, who doesn’t have any kids in real life, admits she was initially apprehensive about playing a mother on screen.

“I was not sure that I wanted to take the role, but I realised that this is a fun show and I will be playing a fun mom. I would rather prefer playing a fun and chilled-out mother than play a young girl who is a source of misery to others who watch her — that’s what sadly happens on national television,” she said.

The chirpy and full of life Shruti has also hosted shows Comedy Circus and worked as a video jockey for the show Junglee Jukebox on Channel V.

She has even had a tryst with films through movies like Fanaa, Raajneeti and Slumdog Millionaire.

She was last seen in 2011 film My Friend Pinto.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 22^nd, 2013.

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