Comedian
actor
Kiku
Sharda
finds
it
hard
to
juggle
the
shooting
of
four
different
shows
simultaneously
as
it's
taking
a
toll
on
his
health
and
family
life.
Rues
Kiku:
"I
have
'Akbar-Birbal',
'F.I.R.',
'Comedy
Nights
With
Kapil'
and
'Jhalak
Dikhhla
Jaa'
to
shoot
all
at
once.
It
is
an
impossible
schedule.
I
am
shooting
for
18
to
20
hours
everyday.
I
get
barely
four
hours
of
sleep.
"I
don't
get
to
see
my
kids
at
home,
so
I
invite
them
on
the
sets...time
management
has
become
a
very
big
problem."
The
actor
who
was
seen
as
his
onscreen
avatar
as
Palak
in
"Jhalak..." as
well,
will
now
be
seen
as
Kiku
himself
on
the
dance
reality
show.
Also,
to
ease
the
strain
on
his
schedule,
Kiku
had
taken
a
break
from
one
of
his
serials.
"I
had
taken
time
off
from
'F.I.R.'
for
three
months.
But
its
makers
didn't
like
my
absence.
I
don't
blame
them.
To
me,
every
serial
is
equally
important.
And
if
they
felt
I
was
neglecting
them,
they've
every
reason
to
pull
me
up.
So
I
am
back
to
shooting
'F.I.R.'.
That
means,
extra
burden
on
my
time.
I
have
no
choice
but
to
cope.
"Jhalak..."
and
Palak,
says
Kiku,
have
been
the
biggest
source
of
strength
and
stress
for
him.
"It's
not
that
I
don't
enjoy
doing
both.
I
love
'Jhalak...' and
I
love
Palak.
And
I
love
bringing
Palak
to
'Jhalak...',
but
bringing
them
together
on
one
platform
is
way
too
exhausting.
"I've
to
constantly
think
of
dancing,
and
of
dancing
like
a
woman
with
feminine
expressions.
Plus,
I've
to
plan
songs
that
two
women,
'Palak'
and
my
choreographer
can
perform
together.
Now
when
I
am
myself
on
the
show,
I've
much
more
freedom
to
express
myself," he
said.
Kiku
says
dancing
on
"Jhalak..." is
an
exhausting
job.
""I
am
shooting
the
whole
day.
Then
in
the
evening
when
I'm
exhausted
I
am
dancing
vigorously
on
the
show.
It's
not
the
easiest
of
things
to
do.
Luckily,
'Jhalak...'
is
a
finite
show.
There
are
some
more
weeks
before
it
wraps
up.
Then
I
can
breathe
a
little
easier,"
he
said.
The
popularity
of
Kiku's
creation
Palak
grows
by
the
week.
Kiku
says
he
loves
Palak.
"She
has
got
amazing
spirit
and
energy.
In
her
mind
she
is
a
desirable
woman
with
guys
breaking
down
her
door.
She
is
one
hot
woman
in
her
own
esteem."
The
comic
actor
admits
balancing
out
three
different
avatars
on
"Comedy
Nights
With
Kapil"
with
other
commitments
is
tough.
"But
I
am
enjoying
the
challenge
of
being
in
so
many
places
at
the
same
time.
Which
other
actor
has
appeared
in
one-half
of
a
dance
show
as
a
girl
and
in
the
second-half
as
a
man?"
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