Sayantani Ghosh slams Radhika Madan's comments about TV industry: 'Don’t treat TV as a stepping stone'

Actor Radhika Madan's comment about the television industry has irked ‘Naagin’ fame actor Sayantani Ghosh. In an exclusive interview with talk show host Sidharth Kannan, Sayantani has expressed her disappointment.

She said, ‘Let me just say I am a huge admirer of her acting prowess. I didn’t see her full interview, but I was a little hurt and disappointed and what I felt upon seeing that I posted underneath her video. Let me tell you, TV feeds hundreds and hundreds of women, and gives them employment, and biggest of movie stars also choose TV to come and promote their films. So I didn’t like that approach.’

Citing Mouni Roy's example, she added, ‘We also have Mouni Roy, she is a dear friend of mine, and in the interviews I have listened, there is a certain grace that she began her career from TV, that I didn’t find in Radhika’s clip. She and many others look down upon TV, you shouldn’t do that, I feel. My problem is don’t treat TV as a stepping stone.’

Earlier, Sayantani had shared a clip of the 'Kuttey' actor from an interview where she was talking about the Television industry and slammed her in a long note on Instagram, she wrote, ‘So sad to see the world of TV been put down like this! The actor here started a promising career from a TV show! The one interviewing laughing in the background. Such a SHAME! Let’s not forget TV reaches millions of homes! Gives employment to many! FYI most films get promoted across TV shows. In life everything has challenges n strengths! You don’t wanna do Tv- ur call! But kindly don’t belittle a fraternity which deserves respect. #proudTVMember.’

Radhika Madan, during an interview, recalled working 48-50 hours a shift for daily soaps and said, ‘You just reach the sets, script will be freshly printed, Directors used to make changes once the set was confirmed, and whosoever director was free, would come to shoot.’

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