us an opportunity to explore our talentmeaty roles in regional cinemadespite their massive popularity tv actors dont find it easy to get a toehold in bollywood films gaining acceptance and success in regional cinema are relatively easier kavita kaushik rues that tv actors tend to get a raw deal in bollywood films it is unfortunate that some filmmakers in bollywood prefer a star kid over tv actors thankfully we are getting strong roles in regional cinema she avers while not all tv actors get to play lead roles in bollywood films most of them headline the cast in regional cinema a leading production house recently asked me to audition for a 10minute role in his film i politely rejected the offer pehle aisa kahan hota tha ki ek tv actor bollywood movie ke offer ko reject kare regional cinema has created options for us adds aniruddh puja banerjee whos done tv shows like devon ka dev mahadev dev 2 and vish inset is a commercially successful star from the bengali film industry seen here left with costar dev in a still from a film puja banerjee whos done tv shows like devon ka dev mahadev dev 2 and vish inset is a commercially successful star from the bengali film industry seen here left with costar dev in a still from a filmregional filmmakers want popular television faces to be in their filmsmassive global appeal fat paychecks and the opportunity to work in a bigticket film are incentive enough for hindi tv actors like nikitin dheer avika gor and anita hassanandani to choose work in the southern film industry actor sonu sood who has also produced a few films in the southern film industry says tv actors who have been signed up by filmmakers in the south have to be very good in their craft as the producer is spending a lot of money on them visavis a local actor south indian films are huge in every aspect and it is every actors dream to work here so its more competitive as well he adds actorproducer jimmy sheirgill whos a popular face in punjabi cinema says not just southern films good content is also being created in marathi punjabi bengali and gujarati film industries as well when a popular tv actor gets to play the lead in regional films heshe doesnt hesitate in doing them even the makers of regional films want popular tv faces to be in their filmsavika gor whos currently doing the game show khatra khatra and has successfully done telugu and kannada films agrees we are watched in every household in the smallest towns and regional filmmakers want to capitalise on our experience and popularity also regional cinema really pays us handsomely so it works well for us says avika whose kannada film releases next monthsatish kaushik who set to make a sequel of his haryanvi film with aniruddh and is the chairman of governing council for projects under haryana film policy says tv today has a