Rohit Roy, the well-known actor who began his career in the industry as a TV artist, gained massive stardom from shows like Swabhimaan, Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand, Sanjivani, and others. He has also appeared in films like Fashion and Lokhandwala, and having worked in both mediums, the actor recently called TV a “dustbin medium,” claiming that films are for posterity.
Recently, the actor appeared on the Kindle Cast YouTube channel, where he was asked if TV has upgraded in terms of professionalism, but the same is not the case in content and craft. Rohit shared, “This question has been asked of me several times, and I sometimes feel that I shouldn’t come across as ungrateful. But television is a dustbin medium. You watch it today; it’s like yesterday’s newspaper. Tomorrow, you forget about it. So, in India, unfortunately, with the amount of content being created and the same kind of content being created, there’s hardly any creativity.”
Further, when asked about the caste system in Bollywood and why film stars treat TV actors as inferior, reacting to this, Rohit said, “Quite honestly, television actors don’t have the carriage that film actors have. You see the public appearance of a film actor, you see the carriage with which he or she comes out, especially if he or she is a star. Of course, everybody puts on a front. But that front is graceful, dignified, stylish, cool, all of that. See a gathering of television actors and look at the way they behave. You’ll get your answer. You have to conduct yourself with a certain amount of grace, dignity. You can’t do hoo-haa and make stupid comments because you know the paps are there. Look at the kind of clothing, too.”
Rohit even gave an example without naming the TV star, talking about her scanty dressing and reiterating that TV is a dustbin medium while cinema is for posterity.
