And its not the mentality of one casting director or few people, its the same for majority and for that reason, Actors (in actual sense) do not get their due.
How often do we find sensible shows with well written and well executed script and a flawlessly performed characters?? Once in a blue moon we get to watch such shows, and if by chance there is some show that would live to our expectations of being perfect (for eg. NBT) either its storyline is butchered for the sake of TRPs or its shut down.
Lack of such well scripted shows with a strong characters explains well the absence of Kunal from our television screens for this long. In a recent radio interview "(Listen Here) he had mentioned that "kaam dhund raha hun". Doesn't that ring a bell in showmakers' mind that an actor of his calibre had to look for good shows. Kunal might not have 100Ks of likes on fb or followers on twitter, but what he has as fan/followers very few actors of television world have.
Kunal's fan base not only include some youngsters going gaga over his six pack abs or merely on his looks, but also he has fanbase coz of his brilliant acting skills, right from teenagers to young oldies from 60s; school going gals to scholars from various fields are crazy for him, coz of his acting skills. Everyone adores him for his talent and for what person he is. People might think am exaggerating it, if I would be there at other end even I would think the same, but after seeing and interacting with his fans (some of them are my great friends now) I can say this with certainity that no actor enjoys this kind of fan base.
NBT ended months ago but still daily there are hundreds of people joining in to his fanclub, does anyone think that it was possible without his stupendous performance.
After watching him as Mohan Bhatnagar people tracked down his old shows like Mann ki awaaz Pratigya, Left right Left etc. just to have a glimpse of his fantabulous performance.
If they loved Mohan Bhatnagar for his care free, bindass nature, they hated Angad, the paan chewing baddie from Allahbad, to the core. One who had seen him as Mohan couldn't that he is the same person portraying the character of Angad who made them fall in love with Mohan Bhatnagar.
And not only this, as I mentioned in my previous writeup (Read here) that Nenjam Pesuthe (NBT dubbed in Tamil) fans even couldnot escape from the charm of Kunal Karan Kapoor/Mohan Bhatnagar, even non hindi speakers watched the whole show beforehand on youtube just to get the real feel of Mohan Bhatnagar, through Kunal Kapoor's voice. Coz he is not only best in giving expressions but also he is unbeatable at voice modulation. Do not believe me??? No problem, listen yourself the nazm of NBTseason2 he gave his voice for (Listen here) . Pain, agony of shattered Mohan is very well evident just by his voice. And a talent house like him, is searching for some good show??? I really do not know how to react to it....
