Yeh Hai Mohabbatein actor Karan Patel who’s known for his charm, wit and aggressive image, has been away from the small screen for almost six years now. Karan’s last TV show was Pal Pal Badhe…yeh hai mohabbatein 2019, which was a revival of Karan’s most acclaimed and star plus famous show Yeh Hai Mohabbatein. The show was produced by Ekta Kapoor which also starred Divyanka Tripathi and Anita Hassanandani.
Karan Patel On Bharti Singh’s Podcast
In a podcast with Bharti Singh, Karan expressed his disappointment with the current state of OTT platforms, saying they’re flooded with content that often feels like soft p**n. Karan also confessed that he hasn’t been offered a single daily soap in the last six years which is disappointing. “I have not gotten a single daily soap offered in the last 6 years. Now, every day, around 150-200 new actors are being born. They will work on a show at 10 percent of the amount we would charge,” said the actor.
Karan opined that the world is living in OTT era now and the show makers are more interested in making low budget web series that attract the audience over the sake of making good long running tv shows like they used to. Karan Patel also revealed that he is not getting work from OTT platforms too.
“There was a point where there was a lot of money in TV. But today, makers think that rather than making one show, they can make two web series in the same budget. But what about the quality? I am not getting offers (in the OTT space too), be it good roles or bad roles. Now the OTT space has gotten spoiled due to too many people doing too many things on it. Most of the shows on OTT today have become soft p**n for me, if there is no sleaze or love-making scene in it, it won’t be watched even if it’s not required in the story,” he said.
Yeh Hai Mohabbatein Actor Karan Patel On Bollywood
Expressing disappointment with Bollywood for lacking the guts to experiment with cinema, Karan said that Bollywood is in a loop, trying to remake everything that once worked.
“Just because one person got successful with something, everybody blindly follows them. After Kabir Singh, everything revolved around the subject of women’s abuse. The same was with Animal. Even on OTT after Family Man, everybody started making thrillers. Even Dharma and YRF, who were celebrated for the romance genre, have gotten into making thrillers. We don’t have the guts to experiment, our biggest problem is that if something works in the South, only then we will follow. Look at Maddock Films today, Dinesh Vijan experimented with the horror comedy genre, which was a subject where people would rarely invest money. He took a chance with Stree, Go Goa Gone, and look at Maddock’s valuation today,” Karan Patel said.
Karan Patel TV Serials
Karan Patel is known for playing Raman in Yeh Hai Mohabbatein opposite Divyanka Tripathi who played Dr Ishita. The show was based on Manju Kapoor’s Custody and streamed almost 2,000 episodes. Karan Patel has also appeared in Kasautii Zindagi Kay, Gumrah-end of innocence, Khatron Ke Khiladi, Nach Baliye, Jhalak Dikhlaja and more.
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