Actress Shweta Tiwari is back on screens with her new show Hum Tum aur Them. She is also seen in on-going Sony TV show, Mere Dad Ki Dulhan which is garnering great reviews. Her web series Hum Tum aur Them has created a great buzz online and since the day the promo of her intimate scenes from the show were released, they are viral on the internet.
This is the first time, Shweta has adopted the bold avatar on screens and she is comfortable enough to talk to the media about it as well. In a recent interview she said, “All these people have tolerated me so much on set. I used to leave the sets and lock myself inside the vanity and cry saying ‘I can’t do it’. When the script came to me, there were kisses mentioned in it. I discussed this with my daughter Palak and she told me ‘anyway, you are getting bored with acting and want to leave this job. So 90’s ki heroine bankar chhodne se kya faayda, current heroine bankar chhodo na’. So, I also got convinced thinking what’s the big deal about kissing someone on-screen. But when I came on set and I saw there is choreography for the scene, I thought what’s happening. I used to go cry and when I used to return on sets, I would see Akshay folding his hands and ask if I’m ready. I used to reply ‘Yes but please give me two minutes’. He was very cooperative and he really helped me. And I think if it would have not been Akshay, I may have not been able to do such scenes on-screen”.
On getting bold on-screen and the perception about that in India, she said, “People who complain about what bold and intimate scenes are they showing are the same people who go on Netflix and watch shows that are filled with intimacy. For example, in Game Of Thrones there is so much nudity but it is loved by the viewers. In fact, there are people who take it as a pride that they have seen Game Of Thrones. But when in our country, we show any intimate scene, they start sending disturbing messages on social media. People have written ‘Teri beti kya samjhegi’ but let me tell them ‘Meri beti ne hi bola hai Mom go for it’.”
We love the bold avatar of Shweta too as we know she is an actor par excellence.