Inteview of Sukriti in Bombay Times Newspaper

SUKIRTI"S INTERVIEW IN TODAY"S BOMBAY TIMES NEWSPAPER ::::

Sukirti Khandpal who took over the mantle of Dr Ridhima in Dill Mill Gaye from actress Shilpa Anand, is all smiles these days....

Ask her how it all happened and a very chirpy and excited Sukirti gushes, “Dill Mill Gaye happened a week back. I was already a part of the production, playing a role in Jersey No.10. I learnt that they were looking out for a replacement for Dr Ridhima’s character since Shilpa was quitting the show. I went ahead for the look test and the rest, as they say, is history!”

Replacing a character, who has been well accepted by the audience, is never easy. But Sukirti has a different take on this. “I look at this as a new role rather than as a replacement thing. I know it’s difficult for the audience to accept a new person in a particular role played by somebody else. But I’ll give it my best shot and hope the audience accepts and appreciates me as well,” she says.
Incidentally, this was one of the shows she regularly watched. “I’ve been an ardent viewer of the show as it used to come before my own. But little did I know that one day I would be part of it and that too playing the central character!

It has come as a big responsibility and I hope I live up to it!”Sukirti’s surely a TV serial buff. “I remember when Mihir’s character was killed in Kyunki... I actually cried!” she recounts. “Later there was a new face. Initially it was difficult as we kept comparing the new one to the old, but slowly the new one grew on us and we actually started thinking that he was perfect for the role,” she says.
Meanwhile, she’s getting accustomed to the new set up. “My co-actors have been really sweet to me especially Karan, who plays Dr Armaan. My first shot for the show was with him and he made me so comfortable; we had an immediate chemistry working there.”