Actress Asha Negi says she is enjoying the freedom of working across different mediums, particularly OTT, where shorter production schedules allow her to take breaks between projects and explore vastly different characters.
Reflecting on her television journey, Asha said she now values a work process that allows her to step away between projects and have a life outside work before returning to the screen with a new role.
“I am an actor and I just want to act and I want to do good projects, whether it is OTT, it is films or it is television. And I just want to be free,” Asha said.
Explaining her growing preference for OTT projects, she said their relatively shorter schedules give her the opportunity to take time for herself before moving on to another role.
“The reason that I am doing more OTT is that OTT ends in a month or two or three months, and then you are free,” she said.
“And then you live a little life because I remember not having a life on television. And then you live a little life, then you go back to another project and you are doing a completely different character,” she added.
Asha said she particularly enjoys the opportunity to experiment with new characters and work across varied stories.
“So I think I am really liking this process, trying new characters. So yeah, that is how I am functioning,” she said.
Asha is best known for her role in the television drama Pavitra Rishta, which starred late actor Sushant Singh Rajput. She later gained wider recognition with the web series Baarish and also participated in the reality show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6.
She made her television debut in 2010 with Sapnon Se Bhare Naina and went on to play Apeksha Malhotra in Bade Achhe Lagte Hain in 2011. Her subsequent television appearances included Ek Mutthi Aasmaan and Kuch Toh Hai Tere Mere Darmiyaan.
In 2013, she won the dance reality show Nach Baliye 6.
Asha made her Hindi film debut with Anurag Basu’s Ludo, in which she played a supporting role, and later appeared in Collar Bomb. Her recent work includes Ali Baba aur 40 Bhoot, which streams on JioHotstar.
