Actor Nyrraa Banerji has been exploring the growing world of micro dramas, and her latest project, Prem Katha, streaming on Story TV, sees her take on a rather different avatar. The actor plays a Gujarati don in the show, a character that allowed her to experiment with a new look she had not explored before.
On the response to her look and character in Prem Katha
But later on, I felt, why not join the trend?” she said, adding that the format has introduced her to several producers, directors and actors while allowing her to experiment with different roles. The actor revealed that the transition was not immediate and that the past two years had been particularly difficult as she struggled to understand why micro dramas were taking precedence over other projects. In an interview with Hindustan Times, Nyrraa spoke about the response to her character in Prem Katha, her experience of working on the increasingly popular micro-drama format. She also opened up about her initial hesitation towards vertical storytelling and why it took her two years to embrace the trend and how she sees it creating new opportunities for actors. I have never played a Gujarati character and that, too, a don. So they love the flamboyance and the look, and I have fallen in love with my role as well. She believes the character’s styling, the scenes and her chemistry with her co-actor contributed to the overall impact. “I think it was the look they had given me, the scenes and the chemistry with my co-actor. The chemistry and intensity we see in Sanjay Leela Bhansali films, it was similar to that somehow. But when I saw the whole world doing this, I was like, okay, this is the trend. I don’t want to make that mistake again of being left out,” she explained. Drawing a parallel with the early days of TikTok in India, the actor believes that those who recognised the potential of the platform early on went on to establish themselves successfully. “Every platform has a different kind of audience. Movies have a very different audience and verticals have their own audience, and it’s a huge one. So I picked it up thinking I’ll get more audiences.
Because i have never really played something like this, talking about the response to her look in Prem Katha, Nyrraa said, “Fans have really loved my new look. Because i am used to seeing myself on a different screen size, “Initially, I was hesitant to do verticals. Because i wasn’t able to understand why only micro dramas were happening, and other projects took a back seat, “These two years were a little difficult for me. Because i was used to doing the long format, so it took me two years to convince myself to do micro dramas. Because viewership is more, of late, verticals are getting successful.
Even my mother said I did a good job. The shooting and dressing were in that fashion, so, yeah, I did get the feel of working in a Sanjay Leela Bhansali film,” she said. She sees a similar opportunity in the micro-drama space today. Tomorrow, if I do web or films, I’ll have that audience,” she said.
