EXCLUSIVE: Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Actors Unwilling To Resume Shoot, Disha Vakani's Return Out Of Question
TMKOC Actors Unwilling To Shoot
Updated : June 13, 2020 11:57 AM IST
There have been many things that are said about Neela Telefilms’ Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah. Just a day ago, there were reports about Disha Vakani’s return to the show. But now, is not the time to make any speculations at all.
Well, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is not quite sure how they would be resuming the shoots especially under the strict guidelines in place. We got in touch with a source who is extremely close to the production who told us, the actors are not ready to stay on the sets as has been mentioned in the guidelines. Quipped he, “The main actors of the show are not willing to shoot. They are not willing to stay on the sets at all. They have earned a lot of money over the years and now they are not bothered. They have refused point-blank to stay on the sets and are not ready to cooperate.”
The source went on to reveal that the producer is now looking to hire a resort for the resumption of the shoot. “The actors want a resort booked, where they can stay while they shoot. And therefore, now the producer Asit Modi is looking to book a resort for the show. Some actors want to bring their cars to the shoot so that they can drive back but now we are still waiting to know whether that can be done or not.”
The source furthered, nothing is concrete as of now, “We don’t know when the shoot is going to resume. As of now, nothing is clear but we are in the process.”
There were many reports about Disha Vakani’s re-entry in the show but seemingly, that is an extremely distant possibility. The source revealed, “No one is sure about Disha coming back. We had put our foot down. Asit Modi keeps dwelling on bringing her back in meetings with us and is not quite encouraging about it. In fact, we had already shot a few auditions with women who exactly resembled Disha, there were two ladies who had auditioned for the role, one was a lady from Delhi who according to us was too good and resembled Disha completely and then there was actress Ami Trivedi who played the role of Kokila Parikh in the SAB TV show Papad Pol. Disha’s re-entry is not happening any time soon, that is for sure, because her husband has put forth a lot of conditions about her timings and everything else too and besides now, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic when the other actors of the show are unwilling to resume the shoots, the distant possibility of her coming back to the show is non-existent.”