My serial has not brought sex on television: Sakshi Tanvar

There's no need to to blow up things out of proportion, says Sakshi Tanvar, under fire from critics for the her steamy act on the small screen

Much in news, Sakshi Tanwar, aka Priya Kapoor of "Bade Acche Lagte Hain", is not happy with the way her bedroom scene in the show, is causing tounges to wag. In Varanasi to shoot for "Mohalla Assi", the actress says that unnecessary hue and cry is being made about the whole thing.

Reacting to the brouhaha, Sakshi says, "My serial has not brought sex on television. In fact, there have been serials in the past when I had not even started working, on TV, like " Tara", "Saans" and "Hasaratein", which were far bolder in content than this show is. In our show, the scene was the outcome of a gradual progression of a very mature relationship, which was eventually consummated. Though, I agree that it is perhaps one of the longest such scenes, but shows like "Maryaada" also had similar scenes. In fact, ours was not even the first liplock on TV as it being claimed out to be, so why is it being blown out of proportion?"

The actor who started off with the role of Parvati, considered to be epitome of the Indian values on tellyworld, says "I was apprehensive, initially, about doing such a bold scene since I belong to a conservative family. The creative team took a lot of time to convince me and then I needed time to convince my family. I spoke to my sister and it was she who spoke to my mom and dad about it. Once I was prepared, then it was like any other take and I did it the way an actor is suppose to shoot any scene. Moreover, I feel it was beautifully depicted and aesthetically shot. I did not get any negative feedback from any one," she adds.

The actor also rejects all the criticism, based on the ground that television is a medium for family entertainment. "The scene was not aired out of blue as the promos for the same were running 15 days prior it and were steamy enough," says Sakshi. Going further, she says, "There is a thing called remote too, which I am afraid they forget to use. The scene came at the end of the episode so why did anybody wait to see the entire episode? Right now, TV is in a state of flux, where mature subjects are being accepted. Any phase in any medium that brings about a change should be welcome," she says.

Already successful on the small screen, Sakshi is graduating to the silver screen, with "Mohalla Assi". The talented actor says that she is not ambitious. "There are no career plans for me. "Mohalla Assi" just happened, as did television. I don't do acting to prove myself. If this had been the case, I would not have sat at home for two and a half year doing nothing. Instead, I would have gone out, met people and looked for work. In fact, it took several years for Ekta to make me do "Bade Acche Lagte Hain", since she had planned to start this at the time "Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki" was off air. But I wanted to take a break after "KGGK", so "Bade Acche Lagte Hain" got delayed. I work by my instinct and I am always in a state of surrender to the amighty so I do not plan. So many of my friends call me lazy but this is what I am," says Sakshi, who has been approached by several film makers.

Ask her if she is being choosy in Bollywood, the Sakshi clarifies, "The roles I have been offered so far are not the typical commercial ones as directors who are into off beat cinema have sent feelers. In fact, I had worked in a film, "Saalon" of Pritish Nandy production house directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhatt, which has not hit the screen so far," she says before signing off.