Actor
Siddharth
Shukla,
who
made
a
positive
movie
debut
with
Humpty
Sharma
Ki
Dulhania,
is
bidding
goodbye
to
his
ongoing
serial
Balika
Vadhu.
But
he
says
he
isn't
quiiting
television
altogether
to
pursue
a
film
career.
Talking
about
his
exit
from
the
long-running
show,
he
said:
"I'm
not
(really)
quitting
the
serial.
My
character
Shiv
has
had
his
innings
in
the
script.
I
therefore
have
no
choice
but
to
follow
him
out
of
the
serial.
"But
it's
certainly
not
as
if
I
am
abandoning
the
show
to
do
films.
I've
always
shown
the
highest
regard
for
the
television
medium.
Even
when
I
was
doing
Karan
Johar's
film,
I
continued
to
shoot
for
'Balika
Vadhu'
.So
there
is
no
question
of
my
abandoning
the
serial."
Siddharth
has
also
slammed
rumours
that
the
channel
Colors
sacked
him
after
the
run-in
that
he
had
with
the
law
for
drunken
driving
on
New
Year's.
"Like
I
said,
my
character
Shiv
is
run
out
of
time
on
'Balika
Vadhu',
not
me.
As
for
the
incident
that
you're
referring
to,
I've
nothing
to
say.
It's
over
and
done
with.
Whatever
trouble
there
was
has
been
sorted
out," he
said.
Siddharth
is
now
looking
at
a
break
before
he
moves
to
the
new
level
in
his
career.
"I've
given
two
years
of
my
life
to
'Balika
Vadhu'.
I've
been
shooting
for
the
serial
every
day
from
8:30
a.m.
to
11:30
p.m.
It's
about
time
I
had
some
'me-time'.
"I
want
to
take
a
break,
relax
and
enjoy
the
things
that
I
have
not
been
able
to
during
the
past
few
years,"
he
said.
Strangely,
in
spite
of
being
well-received
in
"Humpty
Sharma
Ki
Dulhania",
Siddharth
hasn't
signed
any
films.
"I'm
looking
at
film
projects.
And
there'll
be
an
announcement
soon.
Right
now
I'm
still
shooting
for
'Balika
Vadhu'.
I
don't
know
how
I'll
feel
once
it's
over.
I
suppose
there
will
be
a
sense
of
emptiness,"
he
said.