Tejaswini Kolhapure talks about her fledging career and why she seemed to have lost the game in between

Tejaswini Kolhapure’s career graph is a collection of ‘offs’ and ‘ons’. Look closely and you will find that the graph has started plummeting in the last few years.

She says that she is moody and cannot conform to a set pattern.

“I am moody and cannot stick to a fix pattern,” which explains why she has flirted with every medium — be it TV, theatre, films and even the runway. 

Ask her why she has quit TV and she days, “It was the most frustrating experience of my life. How can an actor do 20 scenes in a day? You have to be a different breed altogether.”

And modelling?

“I have been a top model for 12 years and it’s not easy to survive for so long. I am an expensive model so people who can afford me only call me.” My God! Is it?

Tejaswini will be resurfacing again on the sliver screen with Mumbai Cutting, a short film by Shashank.

It’s just a fifteen-minute-long film and she says that it got her excited. Also, she doesn’t have any lines to deliver.

“There were no lines. I had to emote with my eyes and body language which is no easy task,” she confirms.

Her role is about a small-town struggling actress who just gets one last chance in her career. So, if Tejaswini had just faced one last chance what would she do? 

“That’s tough! I would obviously try to rectify my mistakes — I would not have sat doing nothing for three years.”

The, Paanch debacle has left a bitter feeling in her mouth and she hopes that history does not repeat itself Mumbai Cutting.

“I made a big mistake of waiting for Paanch to release. I was so mad and had kind of lost my mind as it was not releasing. Even though the ban is now cleared I don’t think it’s financially viable for the producers to release it. I only hope this is not a pattern and Mumbai Cutting does not face the same fate. I hope that it hits the theatres soon,” she adds.

Was it also her mothers’ sudden death that kept her away from the scenario for so long?

“I faced an emotional breakdown after my mother passed away. I could not cope with it. I wish I didn’t have an argument with her the night before she passed away,” she ends.