'Shaadisthan' actress Medha Shankar's making a mark

Medha Shankar opens up on working with 'Shaadisthan' co-stars Kirti Kulhari and Kay Kay Menon

Model-actor-singer Medha Shankar, who was last seen in Gurinder Chadha’s television series, 'Beecham House', is getting noticed in her debut feature film 'Shaadisthan', which dropped on Disney+Hotstar. The film, starring Kirti Kulhari, and Nivedita Bhattacharya, features Shankar as Arshi, whose family harbours a traditional mindset and wants to get her engaged against her wishes.

The role was emotionally intense for her as it required a lot of crying, “but the efforts paid off,” says Shankar, who will next be seen in the web show, 'Those Pricey Thakur Girls'.

Talking about her experience of working with her co-actors, Medha, said, "It has been an absolute pleasure working with this entire cast- including Kirti, Nivedita, Rajan, Ajay, Shenpenn, and Apurv. Everyone brought such authenticity to their characters. Most of my scenes were with Nivedita and we got along very well from the word go. We always had our inside jokes going and would always be chatting and giggling off-camera, when Raj Sir, our director would look at us smiling saying 'You know I can hear your jokes na?". Kirti is a super chill and fun person to be around and there's so much to learn from her. I truly look up to both these incredibly strong actors and feel grateful that I got a chance to work with and observe such brilliant actors. Also, I was fan-girling big time when Kay Kay sir came on set and asked him a lot of questions about acting and improvisation. Most importantly it has been such a valuable learning experience working with our director Raj Sir."

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Medha who is seen playing the role of Arshi in the feature film spoke about her character and how she prepared for it. "Arshi is a regular 17-year-old Bombay girl with average dreams of going to college, making a name for herself, having fun with her friends and living a free life like any other 17-year-old. To prepare for my character, I created a personal, social and emotional life for her as a means to give a certain wholeness to her being and to understand her more deeply as a person. I strongly believe in and stand by the message the film sends out. I could instantly connect to Arshi's pain, angst and her whole emotional journey through this predicament, which started with fighting her parents, crying, pleading, running away and then finally surrendering to her fate. I would just genuinely feel her pain and despair, and glide into her emotional headspace."

Shaadisthan streams on Disney+Hotstar.

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