senior actor rasik dave was part of rashmi sharmas roop mard ka naya roop till he was suddenly replaced on october 4 the actor who played the role of harishbhai says he is shocked that no one even bothered to inform him about it on october 4 i got a call from one of my coactors that some other artiste was shooting for my role when i called the production people they kept dillydallying so i called up pawanji director pawan kumar marut producer rashmi sharmas husband who accepted that they were wrong in not informing me about it i also tried meeting rashmiji but to no avail he recalledrasik was surprised to learn about the reason behind his ouster when pawanji told me that i was replaced because the channel wanted a negative looking actor i was surprised since i was selected for that role after proper audition i shot for about two months and featured in almost 25 episodes he saidthe actor feels humiliated by the entire episode i have been part of the industry for the past 40 years as an actor and producer its wrong on their part to treat me in this manner if they had told me to try something new with the character and had it not worked out as a creative person i would have understood their decision to replace me he sharedrasik also feels that actors are treated unfairly since their days are blocked in chunks for a show but they get paid only for the days they shoot i kept getting offers for episodic shows which require one to two days of shoot but i didnt entertain them as i was committed to this show even after signing the contract i kept waiting for couple of months and refused an offer for kasauti zindagi ki he ruedthe actor has now demanded compensation in his complaint with cintaa cine tv artists association if i want to take leave or take up another serial the production house expects a threemonth notice but when they had to replace me they didnt bother to even inform me in fact they have not given me the contract that i signed long back which states that they need to give me a onemonth notice for any changes the cintaa has promised to look into the matter and ask for the contract i demand that they give me at least onemonths compensation for the loss ive incurred he notedwhen bt contacted pawan kumar he said rasikji is a senior actor he came to the office and had a talk with the production managers about the replacement issue he was convinced with the explanation and left we even paid him his fees immediately for the days he had shot with us for the show instead of giving it three months later which is the norm we dont know why he is complaining now on being told that rasik is upset about not being informed in advance