00:00 Actress Priya Ahuja, who was seen in Tarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma as Rita reporter, has
00:06 left the show.
00:07 There are several reasons behind her departure.
00:10 Talking to one of the leading newspaper, Priya said that after she resigned, the makers did
00:15 not reply to her mails and she also called producer Asit Modi and his team sadist.
00:20 I then sent them an official resignation, clarifying that I am no longer a part of the
00:24 show.
00:25 They didn't even reply to it.
00:26 I think they were waiting for me to get tired and take a step like this.
00:31 And after my resignation, I was sure that makers would replace me with some other actor
00:35 within two days.
00:36 And that's what has happened.
00:38 They have brought back the track of Rita and have cast another actor.
00:42 That's how they are.
00:43 They are sadists who like to do such things, she told the leading daily.
00:47 She was associated with the show since its inception but was removed after her husband
00:53 Malav Rajda resigned in 2022.
00:56 I was removed from the show because I am Malav's wife.
00:59 But I did not come to this city to be someone's wife.
01:02 How can they do that to an artist?
01:04 Even though my husband was the director of the show, I never crossed the boundary.
01:08 I always behaved like any other actor on the set.
01:11 But Asitji definitely mixed up my personal and professional life.
01:15 Because Malav left the show, they did all this to me.
01:18 The actress had it.
01:20 Priya claims that Malav left the show due to inappropriate behaviour, saying he was
01:24 on a one-month notice period.
01:26 But 15 days later, Asitji told Malav through Sohail not to come to the set from the next
01:31 day.
01:32 He was leaving anyway.
01:33 But the way Asitji made it a point to remove him from the show, all of a sudden was disheartening
01:38 for Malav and he cried that day.
01:40 Tarak Mehta ka ooltah chashma was like a child to him, Priya said.
01:45 Several other actors have left the show in these 15 years and they were replaced in Tarak
01:49 Mehta ka ooltah chashma with new actors.
01:51 Recently Jennifer Mistry had also accused Asit Modi of sexual harassment.
01:56 the show.
02:02 (upbeat music)
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