One has to always look fresh onscreen: Krystal D'souza

Krystal D'Souza, seen as protective elder sister in "Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai", says shooting a daily soap is not easy. One has to look happy onscreen despite gruelling 14-hour schedules.

"'Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai' takes 14 hours of my day. At 8:30 in the morning I have to report to work everyday and look fresh no matter what is going on in my life or how bad I must be feeling. I have to be happy and pepped up and even dance to somebody's sangeet," Krystal, seen as Jeevika in the show, told.

"An actor can't let his audience think that the actor is not okay. And it is not easy. We start at 8:30 in the morning and wind up by 10 p.m," said the actress who spends two hours on travelling everyday.

"It is very hectic. We shoot today for tomorrow's telecast. But in the end, I love it because I am very passionate about my work," added the 22- year-old.

In the show, Niaa Sharma plays her younger sister. They are of the same age, so it was a challenge to project herself convincingly as an elder sister.

"Niaa and I are both of the same age. Playing her elder sister came as a challenge, but today both of us have fitted into the role. It is not a put on anymore. But yes, in the beginning it was a little difficult," she said.

They are more like best friends.

"When we met each other, we immediately got along. We like the same things; we were just out of our teenage and want to have fun. Our onscreen chemistry is superb and it only comes because our off-screen chemistry is so good," said Krystal, who takes inspiration from her elder brother to play Jeevika in the show.

"Just like my character, my brother is very protective about me," she added.

'Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns with right amount of Sex'

Filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia says that his upcoming film, "Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns" has the right amount of sensuality, stressing it is very important for a film to have the right amount of sex and passion for it to remain effective.

"There is sensuality but in little measure. I feel that it is effective only like that. It should have the right amount of sex and passion," he said at the first look and trailer launch of the film held Thursday evening.

Directed by Dhulia, the film stars Jimmy Shergill, Mahie Gill, Irrfan Khan and Soha Ali Khan.

Talking about the sequel of the film, the director said that he had already sowed the seed of the sequel in the previous film and has taken the story forward in this film.


"We had left the germ of the sequel in the previous film itself. It is not a franchise and we are taking the story ahead," he said.

The director doesn't expect his stars to come prepared on the set, said the actors.

"I know Tigmanshu from the 'Haasil'. You can't come prepared on the sets. I just follow him blindly," Jimmy said who was also a part of "Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster".

Irrfan Khan's character is also a new element which has been added in the sequel. The actor said that Dhulia has tried to experiment with his role.

"Tigmanshu has tried to experiment with my role. He didn't give me expected dialogues and has tried to give me something new. I am waiting to see the response to this," Irrfan said.


Soha said that there is a lot of mystery in the film.

"There is a lot of mystery in the film and situations keep changing throughout the film. No character is black or white in the film, all of them have shades of grey," she said.

The film is all set to release March 8.