Drashti Dhami On Marriage, Co-Stars and Regrets

Drashti   Dhami is excited about her upcoming show Pardes Mein Hai Mera  Dil, an NRI love story with a twist. Instead of mansions and limousines, this show which will air on Star Plus, looks at a middle class immigrant.
“ It is realistic and  not over the top drama. The show portrays what really happens between us and our partners.  There is logic to every scene.  I don’t need to convince myself about anything in the script, things just go with the flow," says Drashti.

Drashti  who has starred in hit shows like  Geet and Madhubala  plays Naina, a middle class girl who is doing a 9-5 job  and is the sole bread earner of her family.   The story unfolds when she gets to  Austria.

" You will need to watch the show to know how she gets to Austria. Once there she comes across many people who teach  her a lot.  She finally comes across her Mr.  Right who she  initially perceives as  Mr  Wrong," says Drashti.


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What about her co- star   Arjun  Bijlani?
"We have many common  friends  since he had worked in Mille Jab Hum  Tum while  I have done  Dill  Mill  Gaye. It was the same production house. So there is a comfort level  as we go back a long way," she says.

Talking about her recent  25 day stint in  Austria- France, Drashti says, “  It was an amazing trip, we would work the whole day  yet would not be tired due to the superb weather  and beautiful locations.(Vienna and  Strasbourg). The style of working there is quite different from here."   

The show is based in cold Austria but she is now shooting  in humid  Mumbai wearing mufflers and coats. But she is happy to be back to her husband, Neeraj Khemka.

But doesn't the long schedule  keep them apart?
“ We get to spend time at home at night.  He is not at home in the day anyway as he too is working, " replies Drashti.


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Ask her about her decision to quit her last  Zee TV show Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi  Rani,  she explains, " I am confident about my abilities and I took the right decision after consulting my near and dear ones .  Now  Neeraj can visit me on set, it  was tough for him to come all the way to Naigaon earlier. "

She obviously does not regret quitting that show but does she have any regrets at all? 
"My  career has always been on a high trajectory except the Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa:  7 phase.  It was an experience which I don’t regret at all though," concludes Drashti.


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