![]() Just like Netflix (today), you would be able to do comedies, horror, suspense, crime thrillers, feel-good serials back then,” she added. I played a reporter, a college student, Mini Agarwal in ‘Junoon’, Svetlana in ‘Swabhimaan’, a detective, a cop, a mother, and a teacher. “I played all kinds of roles for 15 years. Up till 2000, television was an “extremely diverse” medium, according to Gidwani. I would urge all producers and OTT platforms to give a wide variety of content and not follow the herd like television,” she said. Otherwise, you might as well go back to the 2000s and 2010s and do the typical ‘saas-bahu’ serials. “The whole point of (digital) platforms is to provide a wide variety of content. She will next be seen in the second season of the web series Potluck, set to start streaming on SonyLIV from February 24. We have to achieve that level of creativity and intelligence in our streamers,” she said.Īs someone who has worked in theatre, TV, films, and streaming platforms, the 55-year-old actor said today it’s all about churning out good content in different genres. You also had Tamas by Govind Nihalani, fun thrillers. ![]() All kinds of serials were produced whether it was by Doordarshan, DD Metro, or the first few (satellite) channels like Zee.” There was Banegi Apni Baat, Ye Jo Hai Zindagi, and all kinds of nice comedies. ![]() The producers were given free reign for their creativity. You didn’t have a channel to bow down to. Gidwani, whose acting credits include popular serials such as Junoon, Swabhimaan, and Shaktimaan, said the decades preceding the 2000s were a creatively rich period for the small screen.Īsked if she looked back fondly on the memories of ’80s and ’90s shows, Gidwani told PTI in an interview over the phone: “There is definitely nostalgia for that time. Actor Kitu Gidwani says she often misses the bygone era of the 1980s and ’90s, regarded as the golden age of television, and believes the onus is now on streamers to reach the same level of “creativity and intelligence”.
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