Sanjivni 2 & Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain Director Abhijit Das Opens Up About Working With Ronit Roy & Rohit Roy

After working with Rohit Roy in the TV show Sanjivani, director Abhijit Das has now joined forces with the actor’s brother Ronit Roy for the third season of the web series Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain.

Talking about the brothers, the director told IANS, “Both are a delight (to work with). They are similar in some aspects. Both are so punctual that the whole team can set their watches with their entry and exit.”

Also, they both love their job. “So they add a lot to their scenes. Their command over Hindi is impeccable. But their crafts are very different. Rohit is a director’s actor. Ronit, on the other hand, prepares a lot before coming on set. He works out the nuances and etches out every scene in his head. He is somebody who works outside the norm and pushes the boundaries for everybody,” said the director.

For Das, evolution is essential which is why he quit “Sanjivani” mid-way.

“Sanjivani 2 came back after 18 years and it was an honour for me to work on it with stalwarts like Mohnish Bahl and Gurdeep (Kohli). But I usually get very restless after some time dealing with a particular story. In a daily soap, the characters usually get a hang of it after some time and I don’t think I was adding much value to it,” he said.

“I need to keep reinventing myself. Evolution is very important for me. So even though Sanjivani 2 was doing very well, I requested my producer Siddharth Malhotra to let me go. I did that with a very heavy heart. I will be working with Siddharth very soon again. He always has great stories to tell and this was our third collaboration. And definitely not the last,” he added.

Doing a web series is a different ball game for him.

“Unlike a daily soap, the story arc is set right from the beginning, like a feature film, so it’s more exciting to work on a web series. Also, the fact that there’s no deadline to telecast, there’s more freedom to play around with the treatment,” said the director, who has worked youth shows like Gumrah and Yeh Hai Aashiqui.

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