TV actors get typecast faster, says actor Sudhanshu Pandey

Actor Sudhanshu Pandey, who is currently seen as Vanraj Shah in the TV show Anupamaa, feels since television actors are seen playing the same role daily, they get typecast easily.

“Television actors get typecast a little faster because they are seen in a daily show every day. You are playing this same character every day for years, so you do tend to get typecast,” the actor says.

However, he feels there is a way out. “I think there is always a scope to break away from it because audiences’ memory is not forever. You do something different, give them a different sort of entertainment through different characters and they will forget your past. It depends on whether you want to do the same thing or you want to move into a different character. It’s a personal choice,” adds the actor, who has been part of showbiz for over two decades.

Sudhanshu, who has been part of hit shows such as Ek Veer Ki Ardaas…Veera, Tamanna and more, says he prefers scripts that offer him a central or substantial role. — IANS