while crossing over to bollywood is still a preferred career move for a sizeable chunk of tv actors many are turning to regional films known for being rooted in specific cultures with strong narratives and scope for experimenting with content regional films have moved from the fringes to mainstream in the last few years and hindi television actors are now preferring to take up these projects aniruddh dave shraddha arya shrenu parikh jay soni vatsal sheth aditi sharma sharan kaur and bhavya gandhi are small screens latest exports to regional cinema while the likes of kavita kaushik avika gor tridha chaudhary sargun mehta nikitin dheer puja banerjee and sana makbul khan have already earned their place in regional filmsworking style of television and regional cinema are similarregional filmmakers are increasingly roping in tv actors who are experienced in their craft have a loyal fan following and are economically viable options for their projects the multiplex culture has given regional cinema a panindia reach and tv actors dont mind working in regional films anymore avtar singh director of the punjabi film mindo taseeldarni which starred tellys favourite thanedarni kavita kaushik in the lead explains earlier tv actors used to only eye bollywood films ab aisa nahi hai casting a television actor in our films makes sense not only because of their popularity and fan following but also because the working style and economics of television and regional cinemas are similar our budgets are limited we shoot maximum scenes in a short time span id seen kavita kaushik in fir and had visualised her in my film even when i was scripting it aniruddh dave whos playing the male lead in the tv show patiala babes inset has made his haryanvi film debut with chhoriyan chhoron se kam nahi hoti left and will act in its sequel tooaniruddh dave whos playing the male lead in the tv show patiala babes inset has made his haryanvi film debut with chhoriyan chhoron se kam nahi hoti left and will act in its sequel tooactors get to experimenttelevision soaps rarely offer actors the scope to test their acting skills or experiment contentdriven realistic and relatable regional cinema on the other hand fetches critical acclaim and gives actors a diverse audience actress aditi sharma last seen in silsila badaltey rishton ka who has worked in an array of telugu films and is currently doing punjabi films subedar joginder singh golak bugni bank te batua nankana and laatu shares regional films require powerful performers luckily television actors are being approached by regional filmmakers for their projects at the end of the day actors like to be part of good cinema for actors working in a good film is important speaking the language fluently is secondary aniruddh dave currently seen in patiala babes who has wrapped up his first haryanvi film chhoriyan chhoron se kam nahi hoti says language can never be a barrier for an actor regional filmmakers are writing awesome scripts doing a regional film gives