While most actors on television face the prejudice of working on the small screen, Sheen Dass confesses she has never experienced it. That could be because she has dabbled in movies, web shows, and television — Piyaa Albela (2017), Shaadi Ke Siyape (2019), and Tanaav (2022), among others.

Dass is clear that working on television involves long hours — sometimes well beyond the usual 12. “Whether you’re doing TV, OTT or movies, acting-wise, you are anyway going to put in the same effort and emotions. The shooting techniques may differ. But when you have to put a fresh episode out every day, it’s not alien to work more than 12 hours. Once, I was told not to mention that I have done TV, but I don’t hide it because I’ve only learned [from the medium]. TV is a beautiful medium, and I am open about every piece of work that I’ve done,” says Dass, who now attempts her first fantasy fiction show, Aami Dakini, where she plays the titular character.

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