Neena Gupta had to go for MRI after grilling shoot of TV show

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Mumbai, May 18: Veteran actress Neena Gupta has delivered compelling performances in every medium of audio-visual content.

Be it the 1982 Richard Attenborough directorial 'Gandhi', 'Woh Chokri' for which she bagged the National Award for Best Supporting Actress, her comeback vehicle 'Badhaai Ho' for the big screen, or the riveting drama 'Saans', the travel-based TV series 'Yatra', 'Kamzor Kadii Kaun' for TV or web series, the actress has always outperformed herself.

However, she particularly recalled how tough it was for her to work in the licensed TV show 'Kamzor Kadii Kaun' inspired from the British original series 'Weakest Link'. So much so that it affected her health. In a recent conversation with IANS, the actress took a walk down the memory lane of her journey as an actress, working across the medium of entertainment and the second season of her hugely popular series 'Panchayat'.

Many people, especially the '90s kids will remember her for her stint in 'Kamzor Kadii Kaun' but for Neena, a person with a very calm and sweet demeanour, the experience of working as a show host, who practices roast or insult humour, was quite exhausting.

Despite all the efforts, the show didn't click with the audience at large because they weren't acclimatised or ready for an insult based humour, perhaps they still aren't today, as Neena says, "People did not like this kind of humour and it flopped. I guess people do not generally like the roast culture here where we make fun of other people but as an actor I think it was a very difficult thing for me and I worked very hard for it."

Her other piece of work that has gained a cult status over the years and has become a bible for cinephiles is the 1983 satirical black comedy 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro' where she worked along with some of the towering personalities of Hindi cinema.

The actress shares that she jumped on the opportunity to work in the film because the volume of work was far too less back then. The other driving force for her to say 'yes' to the project was the team of accomplished theatre personalities.