Why Helly Shah Became Nervous For Her Big Scene With Gullak Cast Members - Exclusive

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the SonyLIV series Gullak returned for its fifth season, viewers saw more of Helly Shah's Dr. Preeti Singh, who was first introduced last season. For the actress, being a part of the cast was a dream come true and she was excited to return and be a part of the Gullak family again. Helly revealed that this season, Dr Preeti as a character was growing and there was a different angle in the story. Most of the time, she shared her scenes with Anant Joshi, who now plays Anand, aka Annu Mishra, in the show. But when Helly had to share a scene with co-stars Geetanjali Kulkarni, Jameel Khan and Sunita Rajwar, some nerves crept in. She explains why below!

Helly Shah on sharing scenes with Gullak stars

In an interview with Zoom, Helly shared that while she got to know her character's backstory, she didn't have to give much input because the writing of the show was already so strong. She said, "Like 90-95 per cent of the things is what you see on paper. And 5-10 per cent on set or during readings, you tweak a couple of things here and there. Apart from just the Mishra family, it was also happening for the first time that people would get to see something new. It's a love story, a side track, a plot that no one had ever seen in the entire Gullak universe."

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The actress felt the romance between Annu and Preeti was organic. She praised her co-star Anant Joshi and shared that it was a treat to work with him. The co-stars are reuniting later on another show, the Netflix comedy Chumbak, sometime this year. When it was time to work on a key scene with other co-stars, Helly felt a bit nervous and later wondered why she became intimidated, as she was a fan of them all.

She recalled, "My scene was for the first time with Geetanjali ma'am, Jameel sir and Sunita ma'am. Obviously, I've met them at parties or in awards. But I was nervous on that day. I did tell them. I was like, I'm a little nervous. I don't know why. So, Geetanjali ma'am was like, 'You don't have to be nervous. It's good. You don't have to do anything.' So I get a little nervous for a brief period of time. Then I get fine. It hits me and then it leaves."

Helly Shah on future Gullak storylines

Now that the series has ventured down the romance storyline for her character Preeti and Anant's Annu, the actress was asked about where she would like to see the couple go. Helly shared, "I think I want them to have a mature conversation and just handle it nicely. And at the same time, Preeti to give Annu that space to grow and evolve as an individual also. Because she's also somebody who's trying to figure things out in her life, and so is Annu. I think both of them should eventually make their own lives first." The fifth season of Gullak, also starring Harsh Mayar and Gopal Datt, is now streaming on SonyLIV. The Hindi series is co-directed by Abhay Raut and creator Shreyansh Pandey.