Ali
Asgar
On
Playing
Female
Characters
On
Television
Ali
was
quoted
by
IANS
as
saying,
"I
have
been
playing
female
characters
on
television
for
quite
a
long
time.
There
was
a
time
when
I
used
to
come
on
television
for
a
week
in
different
female
characters.
And
I
would
go
back
home
and
think
'What
I
am
doing?'
after
watching
myself
on
the
screen."
His
Son
Alarmed
Him
With
A
Shocking
Question!
He
added,
"It
hit
me
when
my
son
said
his
school
friends
tease
him
with
my
character
name.
He
asked
me
'Dad,
can't
you
do
anything
else
as
an
actor?'
It
was
an
alarming
thing
for
me."
Has
Playing
Dadi
Limited
His
Opportunities?
When
asked
whether
he
thinks
that
playing
Dadi
has
limited
his
opportunities,
he
told
IE,
"They
(channel
producers)
have
a
research
parameter.
Often
I
am
asked
why
do
I
do
only
women
characters
on
television.
I
have
to
let
you
know
that
this
is
not
what
I
am
doing
by
choice
and
that
is
why
the
film
Amavas
is
special
because
it
is
to
remind
people
that
I
am
capable
of
doing
everything."
‘I
Need
To
Remind
People
That
I
Am
A
Man’
"It
is
a
shout
out
that
‘Hello,
mujhe
aata
hai
(I
can
do
it.)
Ab
aisa
hogaya
hai
ki
mujhe
batana
padta
hai
ki
main
mard
hoon.
(Now,
I
need
to
remind
people
that
I
am
a
man.)
I
am
extremely
thankful
to
Bhushan
sir
and
Sachin
sir.
I
swear,
if
they
would
want
me
to
be
a
ghost
in
the
next
installment,
I
am
ready."
‘I
Am
Not
Bored,
But
I
Am
Tired’
"Everyone
needs
variety.
I
am
not
bored,
but
I
am
tired.
No
matter
what
I
do,
I
am
put
into
the
same
clothes,
similar
characters.
The
research
team
showed
me
figures
that
people
want
to
see
me
doing
female
characters
only.
Now,
I
really
want
to
know
who
are
these
people?"
Ali
Adds…
The
actor
feels
that
when
a
character
becomes
their
identity,
it
is
difficult
to
break
the
mould,
especially
in
television.
He
adds
that
in
television,
they
can't
be
creative
and
if
they
try
to
bend
rules
in
television,
it
is
they
who
suffer.
He
said,
"Also,
if
I
do
not
want
to
do
such
characters
and
say
no,
it
will
go
against
me
in
the
media.
It
is
a
risk."