Tejaswini Kolhapure calls Dadi Ki Shaadi co-star Kapil Sharma ‘a very big star’, says ‘He is a quiet person’

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“When people would come out of the screening, they wouldn’t have any reaction. They just didn’t want to speak about it; distributors and producers couldn’t understand or think about how they would release the film and what would come out of it. But people at film festivals were completely bowled, nobody had seen a Hindi film like that,” Tejaswini added.

Tejaswini Kolhapure also recalled how the industry was not very welcoming after her debut film met with this unfortunate fate. “Of course, I was judged when I did my TV show. When I started with this film, people whom I approached to work with were not at all welcoming. They said, ‘You have done modeling, then a TV show, did theater, and then this film, so you have done something very radically different from what a heroine should be doing.’ That was a major setback,” she recalled.

Despite that, Tejaswini once again took a leap of faith and worked with Anurag Kashyap in Ugly. Sadly, even then, she did not receive her due recognition. Talking about the film, she said, “Ugly got me critical acclaim, but mainstream producers look at commercial success, and that is something which hasn’t happened yet. Ugly had a limited release, so that also didn’t really translate into work. I still haven’t gotten my due; I am still waiting for my Mother India.”

Tejaswini Kolhapure’s upcoming work

While Tejaswini Kolhapure waits for a game-changer in her career, she is excited to star in Dadi Ki Shaadi next, along with Kapil Sharma and Neetu Kapoor. Talking about working with the stars, Tejaswini said, “I know Kapil from before. He was a part of the Great Indian Laughter Challenge, which was directed by my husband. Today, he is a very big star. There was a comfort level, but of course, he is to himself now. He is a quiet person. He is fun when not shooting. Neetu Ma’am was fun throughout. She was chilled out and chatty. She loved talking before shots, so she was wonderful to be with. It was very interesting to listen to her. She would talk about the films she did with Chintuji, about songs she did, and she would tell us little anecdotes.”

Other than Dadi Ki Shaadi, Tejaswini Kolhapure will also be seen in the film Good Morning Sunshine with Revathy and Rituparna Sengupta. The film will have an OTT release.

On a concluding note, Tejaswini, who is actress Padmini Kolhapure’s sister and Shraddha Kapoor’s aunt, said, “I have lost a significant amount of time at the beginning of my career, so I make up for it by working non-stop now. Not delivering has bothered me from the beginning; unfortunately, the surname that I carry adds to a lot of pressure. The Kolhapure tag adds to my fear of delivering.”