After three lengthy years, 4 Extra Pictures Please is lastly returning with its fourth and remaining season. Whereas followers are gearing up for one final journey with Damini, Anjana, Siddhi and Umang, the truth of claiming goodbye has hit the forged simply as arduous. As 4 Extra Pictures Please prepares to bow out, one factor is for certain, Siddhi and her women are abandoning a legacy of friendship, flaws and fierce self-love that followers gained’t overlook anytime quickly.
Created by Rangita Pritish Nandy and Ishita Pritish Nandy, the present additionally stars Bani J, Sayani Gupta and Kirti Kulhari and is scheduled to launch on Prime Video on December 19. In an unique chat with Hindustan Occasions, Maanvi Gagroo opens up in regards to the emotional farewell, Siddhi’s journey of self-love, her real-life bond along with her co-stars and why the finale guarantees a way of closure.
‘It hit me on the final day that this was it’
Speaking in regards to the second she realised the present was really ending, Maanvi recollects how the feelings crept up unexpectedly. “When initially we discovered that we had been doing the finale season and all of that, we had been very excited. We had been like, let’s do it one final time. There was loads of enthusiasm. We got here in with this insane stage of vitality,” she says.
Nonetheless, it was the final day of the shoot that actually hit house. “I keep in mind on the final day of the shoot, after I was driving to the situation, it out of the blue hit me — oh my god, I’ll by no means play Siddhi once more. There shall be no MANG. It occurred with everybody. After we went on set and shot the ultimate scene, we simply began crying. We had been laughing and crying. It was fairly emotional.”
Siddhi’s progress and a journey in the direction of self-acceptance
Reflecting on Siddhi’s arc over 4 seasons, Maanvi says the character has grown immensely, whereas nonetheless staying true to who she is at coronary heart. “Siddhi has actually grown up. She’s nonetheless the identical individual on the core, however she’s had experiences the place she needed to develop up and a few the place she selected to develop up. One main distinction that defines her progress for me is that she learns to simply accept herself. This complete journey of self-love,” she explains.
She provides that Siddhi’s journey additionally had a deep private influence on her, “After we began out, Siddhi didn’t love herself. She didn’t even know herself. She had by no means tried to seek out her goals, ambitions or fears. Regularly, via seasons two and three, she finds her footing with Mihir, the ladies and stand-up comedy. Not like Siddhi, I believed I used to be a assured individual, and I’m in some ways, however I didn’t realise I used to be aware about my physique, particularly when it got here to clothes. I used to be very aware of sporting brief garments as a result of I believed my thighs had been huge. Siddhi helped me get out of that, however on a really subliminal stage. I didn’t even realise the change had occurred, but it surely did.”
What followers can count on from the ultimate season
For viewers who’ve adopted the present since season one, Maanvi says the finale will really feel like coming full circle. “In case you are a fan of the present and have adopted their journeys via the three seasons, hopefully you’ll be reminded of why you began watching it and why you preferred these women. There shall be a way of closure,” she says. “We need to finish on a excessive the place you need extra of those women, however you’re additionally comfortable that their journey has been an amazing journey.”
A bond that goes past the display
The camaraderie among the many 4 leads has at all times been a spotlight, and Maanvi believes that bond will proceed even after the present ends. “We’ll positively maintain assembly. It at all times occurs — we’ll meet lots initially, then step by step get busy with our lives and maintain planning, hoping they materialise. However we have now sufficient WhatsApp teams to maintain this friendship lively,” she laughs
She additionally shares the distinctive equation she shares with every co-star. “With Kirti, it’s extra of a buddy and elder sister vibe — she scolds me, offers me recommendation, however we even have enjoyable. With Sayani, it’s very peer-to-peer; we often have related opinions. Bani may be very protecting. I really feel very protected round her. I’m scared to inform her something destructive as a result of she’s like, ‘Who stated this to you? I’ll go and…’ and I’m like, no, I’m simply venting!”
‘We’ve grown up collectively like a household’
Maanvi provides that the bond extends past the primary forged. “Even with the remainder of the crew, I’m in contact with everybody. We’ve recognized one another for eight years. Folks have gotten married, divorced, had infants, and confronted deaths within the household. We’ve been via a lot collectively, it’s like a household. We battle like households do, and we are able to’t stay with out one another both.”
How season 4 lastly got here collectively
Revealing how the ultimate season materialised, Maanvi says that they had nearly given up hope after season three. “We saved asking the makers what was occurring as a result of we ended season three on a hook. However we didn’t get any response, so finally we gave up and bought busy with our lives. All of the sudden, round this time final 12 months, they stated they had been planning season 4 and that it could be the final season, the finale. And we had been all like, oh my god, sure. Let’s do it.”
On criticism and social media negativity
Addressing the criticism the present has confronted through the years, with some calling it ‘cringe and thirst lure’, Maanvi stated, “Everybody has an opinion, and they need to have one. That’s okay. I simply don’t prefer it when it turns into abusive, harmful or misogynistic. That claims extra about them than the present. We’ve bought some misogynistic messages, however for each destructive remark, we get ten constructive ones, so the maths doesn’t actually work out. If one thing bothers me on social media, I delete it. You possibly can’t come to my web page and discuss garbage. I don’t interact as a result of that’s like feeding the monsters.”
The present that put her on the map
Trying again at her profession, Maanvi credit 4 Extra Pictures Please for increasing her attain as an actor. “Pitchers made folks realise I may act. Tripling made it a money-making mannequin. However with 4 Extra Pictures Please, the dimensions grew to become a lot greater. All the pieces grew to become big. I had performed loads of girl-next-door, cute, bubbly characters. Siddhi can be cute and bubbly, however she has layers. That allowed me to succeed in a a lot bigger viewers,” she concluded.