Amar Upadhyay on ‘Molkki’ going off air; says, “I will miss playing Virendra Pratap”

Molkki’s lead actor Amar Upadhyay, recently confirmed the news of the show going off-air. In a chat with BT, Amar talked about it and shared, “I have not been officially informed by the makers about the show going off-air, but I have heard this news from the unit members. Our creative head had come to the set on my off day and announced that by February or March the show might go off-air. Since the channel or the production team have not officially informed me yet, all I can say is that maybe our show has a couple of months left, but I cannot confirm the same right now- let the Channel confirm this first.”

He adds, “I think the show had an amazing potential – strong script, good performances, but somewhere down the line maybe we went off track and the audience lost interest for a while. I think our show has decent ratings given that we are competing with a show like Anupama which has been the undisputed number one in the same time slot. Maybe the audience wants a certain track in Molkki – the track which was there at the beginning of the show. I think we will be going back to that track soon – in the next couple of days- so hopefully our audience like the show and we will get our ratings back.”

Amar also shared his plans to take a break once the show goes off-air. “My family is planning a short trip, once we wind up the show – and that is a big if just now – I’ll go somewhere abroad provided there are no travel restrictions, if not, then I’ll go somewhere in India – before I take up another project,” he said.

Amar concludes by saying, “I am going to miss everybody on the sets. But most of all I will miss playing this character! Virendra Pratap Singh is one of the most fascinating characters I have played on TV.”