Would have liked to play Shriyam Bhagnani’s character in City Of Dreams, says Sachin Pilgaonkar

Shriyam Bhagnani was recently seen in the second season of the Disney+ Hotstar web-series City Of Dreams. She played Tanya Mehta, a character who fights injustice in her own way.

The actress, who has appeared in movies such as Baaghi 2 (2018) and Batti Gul Meter Chalu (2018), recently had a live social media interaction with the cast of City Of Dreams and the director, Nagesh Kukunoor. During the discussion, Sachin Pilgaonkar, who plays politician Jagdish Gurav in the show, said he would have loved to play Bhagnani’s character. 

“Every character is so well written in the show," the veteran actor said. "I really like the way every actor has added their own flavour and made the characters so believable. But if I had to play one character apart from Gurav, it would have been Shriyam aka Tanya’s character. She is a very ambitious, strong and fierce girl and has dimensions to her personality which really made Tanya stand out. The way she played Tanya was beautiful, especially with such an ensemble cast, and I wish her good luck for her future.”

Reacting to this, Bhagnani said, “For me as an actor, nothing could have been a bigger compliment than Sachin sir saying that about my character and performance. The only goal for me is to work more and to learn more and I am really thankful and overwhelmed with the kind of love my character Tanya has received. It was an amazing experience to have worked with such a huge and talented ensemble cast. I am on the ninth cloud and will prefer to stay there a bit longer and enjoy every bit of it. Ever grateful (sic).”

City Of Dreams (Season 2) is mainly about the power struggle between the characters Poornima and Ameyarao Gaikwad, played by Priya Bapat and Atul Kulkarni, respectively.