Actor Karan Wahi: “Marriage for me is a very private moment and not a very Instagram moment”
The Dill Mill Gayye actor Karan Wahi has been absent from fiction shows for a very long time. Karan, who is generally seen hosting shows, however, says he has not bid goodbye to TV. “I don’t think I will ever say goodbye to television. I understand why the thought comes of me having quit TV as I do not do mainstream television much or at all actually these days. Mainstream television is great in its own way but there is this thing of time crunch there,” he says, adding, “After working for a few years, I realized that I couldn’t work for 30 days in a month and not get exhausted from it. My main aim was that wherever I do for whatever time period, I should enjoy it because that is why I am doing that particular thing. This is the reason why I just went away from TV shows and went into hosting. Hosting gives me satisfaction because I am still in touch with my audience.” Karan adds, “But yes, I do get offers for TV shows. Like recently I was offered a daily by Rajan Shahi sir but again he asked me that I will have to give a certain timeline to it. And mera timeline ke saath bada issue hai.”
Inquire as to whether he gets offers for fictitious shows and he says, “But never say never if something tomorrow pops up which I really want to do in terms of fiction, I might give the time and energy required. I am doing a lot of OTT these days. For the last two years, the game of OTT has completely changed especially in terms of the want of OTT shows. Because of web shows, the concept of the lead actor has blurred. Now there are more characters. Now the Indian audience has reached that point where they like characters and not just a hero or a heroine.”
Karan, who is going steady in a relationship with his girlfriend Uditi Singh, says marriage isn’t on the cards at this point. “There is nothing new to talk about in my relationship. And people keep asking me about my marriage, mujhe lagta hai pata nahi main kitna buddha ho gaya hoon. But I think the kind of space I am in, I have never ever said that I will not get married. For me, marriage is a very beautiful thing, I have friends who are married and happy. For me, marriage is not about a timeline ki ab tum itne saal ke ho gaye ho toh shaadi kar lo. I have friends who have gotten married at 25 and at 40 too. Whenever I get married it is going to be a very private affair for me. Marriage for me is a very private moment and not a very Instagram moment,” he says.
