Devoleena Bhattacharjee backs Hina Khan’s statement that TV actors face discrimination

"But discrimination still exists and Hina was just stating the facts," says Devoleena Bhattacharjee.

Mumbai: Actress Devoleena Bhattacharjee, who is gearing up for her next release in which she shares screen space with veteran actors like Renuka Shahane and Ananth Mahadevan, feels that TV actors have been forever discriminated against, and the recent statement of Hina Khan at the Cannes Film Festival bore testimony to that fact.

At the 75th Cannes Film Festival, which Hina had attended for the poster launch of her upcoming film 'Country of Blind', the actress had said during a media interaction how she faced discrimination because she had worked extensively in TV, and not in Bollywood.

In a conversation with IANS, Devoleena said: "There are two things... One what we say to stay politically correct, and the other what we actually practice. These days, we get to hear people talking about the line being blurred between different platforms, be it TV, OTT or Bollywood. But discrimination still exists and Hina was just stating the facts."

Devoleena continued: "Even today, when we go for an audition for a film, most of the time we get rejected with the tag 'you are a TV actor'. All of us are working very respectfully and we have our steady fan base. But still there is a practice of looking down upon TV actors."

She went on to explain how for many new actors, such thoughts become worrisome as they fear that joining the TV industry as an actor might have an adverse impact on their careers.