“I have always been very choosy.” Juhi Parmar revealed why she chose to work less following the success of Kumkum.
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00:00And it's a big challenge for the audience to accept Devar bhabhi's relationship as a husband-wife.
00:05When Kumkum's husband died, I got a lot of condolence calls.
00:09I have done less work.
00:11It's not like I didn't get an offer for work.
00:25Kumkum came 20-22 years ago and it's been 15 years since she got off-air.
00:29It came in 2002.
00:33What do you think is the story line of Kumkum or which message had such a big impact on the audience that it is still talked about today?
00:42First of all, it was ahead of its time show.
00:46The first promo of it won the hearts of people.
00:49I still remember that I am my grandfather's best friend, my grandmother's this, my mother's that, Sumit's best friend and Jatin's wife.
00:59This was the first promo of it.
01:01A daughter-in-law who was so close to her in-laws that she was the apple of everyone's eye.
01:08It was such a welcome change.
01:10And after that, the widow remarriage, which was our main concept.
01:15Because Kumkum was 21 years old when her husband died.
01:17And how does the situation become such that the marriage happens with a brother-in-law?
01:21And it was a big challenge for the audience to accept the relationship of the brother-in-law and sister-in-law as husband and wife.
01:26And we didn't even know that it would be accepted, that we would be abducted.
01:32And it was accepted so well that Kumkum-Sumit's couple is still...
01:37I don't want to say a big thing, but so many people write on social media that for us, Kumkum-Sumit's couple was like Ram-Sita's couple.
01:46When Kumkum's husband died, I got a lot of condolence calls.
01:50There was somebody who was crying her eyes out.
01:54It was someone from Ujjain.
01:56She called me and said, my mother is crying a lot.
01:58Please talk to her.
01:59And she cried and said, son, this is a very difficult time.
02:02It will be fine.
02:02I said, how do I make her understand?
02:06Did you laugh at all these things or did you ever fall in love?
02:09I used to fall in love because I used to feel so much attachment.
02:14Innocence, yeah.
02:14I had to make her understand that nothing like this has happened.
02:20We are not even married yet.
02:21I am happy.
02:30Do you feel that even after 15 years, there was a character that overshadowed the rest of your character?
02:38So it didn't happen at all.
02:39Because I have played some six types of roles because of Kumkum.
02:43And even after that, I have done less work.
02:47I have never been offered work.
02:49I have always been very choosy.
02:51After seven years, I needed a little break.
02:53Still, after two months, I got this Chanda Kanu.
02:55As soon as that was over, I did Big Boss.
02:58As soon as I came out of Big Boss, I planned family.
03:01So I took a maternity break of three and a half years.
03:04As soon as I decided to work, I thought, I will do this.
03:07I will do this.
03:08I will do this.
03:09I will do this.
03:10As soon as I decided that I am ready to work, Shani was ready.
03:14I did Shani for a year and a half.
03:16By the end of Shani, I did Tantra within six months.
03:19As soon as Tantra was over, I did Good News.
03:22As soon as our Good News was over, I did that during Covid.
03:25After that, I thought, this is my family.
03:27How much more work do I have to do?
03:28I will kill the child.