Harphoul Mohini: Actress Shagun Sharma on Mohini giving birth to a watermelon; says “I guess bizarre works on TV”
Daily soaps are known for their bizarre tracks and the latest show to join the bandwagon is Harphoul Mohini. A recent promo of Harphoul Mohini witnessed, Mohini (essayed by Shagun Sharma) delivering a watermelon which then turns into a girl of around five years. To add substance to the track, the nine-month duration of pregnancy was completed in just nine days.
Now, during a recent interview with BT, Shagun talked about the upcoming track of the show and shared, “When the track was narrated to me, I was shocked and couldn’t understand the concept. I took time to process the information. I told the creative team that it needed to sit down with me and tell me what was in store instead of explaining over a call. I realized that the idea behind the track wasn’t wrong. Balwant Chaudhary (Tej Sapru) is the evilest person and God uses me as a medium to come to this world in a human avatar to kill him. The track is an adaptation of an award-winning short film.”
She added, “TV is all about the ratings. Everyone associated with a show wants it to run for as long as it can. We will see how the audience reacts. Maybe, they need a shock. People need to be shown something unexpected. We have to keep up with our competition.”
When asked about the importance of watermelon, she replied, “I asked the team about it and they told me that there is some link that leads to this. I haven’t read the storyline yet.”
When asked about her experience of shooting for the upcoming track, she said, “As an artiste, we need to be prepared for anything that comes our way. I was playing a pregnant woman for the first time, so I was very uncomfortable. I had never even in my wildest dream imagined that I would do a scene like this. I even asked the production house to keep me out of it but that couldn’t have been done (laughs!). I have requested them to wrap up the shoot in a day.”
Upon being asked about essaying the mother to a five-year-old straight away, she said, “She won’t call me mom, as we aren’t really her parents. I am just a medium for God to kill Balwant.”
When asked about her personal opinion on the track and if she thinks that it is downright bizarre, she replied, “There is some logic to the track on my show. For me, the most bizarre one would be a track in Sasural Simar Ka in which their heads turned into earthen pots. If that can work, anything can,” she says, adding, “I have done shows which have focused on logic and were loved by the audience but failed to generate TRPs. I guess bizarre works. Also, the writers are experienced and they know what works and what doesn’t. The audience wants drama and out-of-the-world experience.”