actress gulki joshi who was last seen on piyaa albela has been signed on for a film nakkash she says i play a supporting and loving wife to a sculptor nakkash the production house had previously backed a film which was critically acclaimed but didnt do well commercially that could be the case with this film as well but i am prepared for it i want to act rather than behave like a starthough gulki became a household name with phir subah hogi psh the shows success didnt materialise into anything bigger she agrees i didnt get the kind of offers i had expected after psh but i am also very selective about work besides i want a worklife balance i like to travel and agar poora time kaam karungi toh life kab jeeyoongi i may not have turned out to be the next big thing on tv but i know that eventually i will be thereask her if the lack of offers could have something to do with her unconventional looks and gulki replies before i bagged psh i would be told at auditions that a role is not for me because i am dusky and i look unconventional though i developed selfdoubts i got rid of that feeling soon after now i am glad that i am not doing what many fairskinned girls are doing on tv i dont fight to fit that bill i want to be offered characters that no one else can pull off i played the protagonist on a couple of shows and was bored of it all a protagonist does on tv is apply glycerine and shed copious tears i am open to doing strong character roles sadly in india actingoriented roles are labelled as character roles and actors get slotted in that category fortunately the perception is changing for the better now as opposed to my initial days i am getting offered different roles and i am happy about itgulki says that she is confused about taking up a tv show now she shares i really dont know what to do with all these daayans chudails crocodiles and makdis on tv i am confused i was offered the role of a shapeshifting crocodile in an episode of a show which i turned down i will do such a show only if i am offered insane amount of money