{"id":81915,"date":"2025-10-18T01:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T01:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/81915\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T01:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T01:54:07","slug":"sweta-keswani-talks-about-16-hour-shift-in-hollywood-reveals-missing-the-money-in-indian-tv-id-be-millionaire-if","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/81915\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweta Keswani talks about 16-hour shift in Hollywood, reveals missing the money in Indian TV: \u2018I\u2019d be millionaire if\u2026’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Actor Sweta Keswani <\/a>may have been one of Indian television\u2019s most recognisable faces, but her ambitions extended far beyond the small screen. Known for her work in Baa Bahu Aur Baby, Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki<\/a>, and Des Mein Nikla Hoga Chand, Sweta took a bold leap fifteen years ago when she moved to the United States to explore new creative horizons. In an exclusive conversation with Hindustan Times, Sweta opened up about the hardships, the craft, and the courage it took to start all over again.<\/p>\n

\"Sweta Sweta Keswani talks about transitioning from Indian television industry to Hollywood. Sweta Keswani on moving to Hollywood<\/p>\n

Reflecting on her transition from Indian television to Hollywood, Sweta admits it wasn\u2019t an easy ride. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t just Baa Bahu or Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki, it was also Des Mein Nikla Hoga Chand, Nach Baliye, and so many other shows that were hits, all on prime time,\u201d she recalls. \u201cEverything was hard. Moving here, settling here, being away from family and friends, raising a child without any help and trying to balance a career. None of this was easy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Sweta also pointed out the drastic difference between the acting styles of Indian television and Hollywood. \u201cTV acting in India is very different from here. I had to hone my craft. When I was raising my child, I used that time to learn and work here as a performer. Aruna ji (Aruna Irani) used to say, \u2018Aankhen phaado beta\u2019, because there were a hundred zoom-ins on you! Here, it\u2019s so subtle that they can\u2019t even hear you sometimes, so they use subtitles,\u201d she laughs. \u201cPerforming here is very real, very organic and authentic. It\u2019s a lot of listening. So for the last 15 years, I\u2019ve always been in class, working with acting coaches and honing my craft,” she said.<\/p>\n

Sweta says it’s not easy to survive in Hollywood without support<\/p>\n

Speaking about friends from India who wish to follow her path, Sweta offered an honest reality check. “A lot of actor friends say, \u2018We want to come to Hollywood, can you help us?\u2019 I tell them, I wouldn\u2019t have survived here if I didn\u2019t have my husband, who had a job. It\u2019s very expensive. My husband\u2019s stable job allows me to pursue my dreams. If it wasn\u2019t for him, I don\u2019t think I\u2019d be able to do what I do,\u201d she said candidly.<\/p>\n

She continued, \u201cSome people get lucky, but luck is preparation, meeting and opportunity. Not everyone who\u2019s an influencer gets work. Many still have to work hard, audition and go the traditional way like we used to. Not everyone gets it the work because they are influencers, which has become a norm now. Not everyone has that good fortune.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sweta Keswani on a 16-hour shift<\/p>\n

Life as a working mother in Hollywood isn\u2019t glamorous all the time, Sweta confessed, \u201cIt\u2019s never 12-hour shifts here, it\u2019s 16-hour shifts,\u201d she shared. \u201cWhen I shot for The Beanie Bubble, I had to go to Atlanta for two weeks. My husband was sick, my daughter had tons of activities, and I had no help. I had to find my community of mums and call 4-5 people to pick up and drop off my child. It\u2019s like Murphy\u2019s law here: everything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And all managers and agents here say, \u2018Book a vacation and you\u2019ll book a job,\u2019 which is so true.”<\/p>\n

She added, \u201cAnd all actors are aware of this. Everybody knows this is going to happen. But what can you do? When you get a good job, you don\u2019t always have the luxury to say no, you have to take it. No one adjusts according to your dates.”<\/p>\n

Sweta misses the regularity of work in India<\/p>\n

While carving her way in Hollywood, Sweta admits there are things she still misses about working in India. She also revealed if the pay was better in Indian television than in Hollywood and said, \u201cThe amount of work I do here (Hollywood) if I did that there, I\u2019d be a millionaire,\u201d she says with a smile. \u201cIn India, I worked a lot. In Hollywood, the work is less frequent, but it\u2019s of high quality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI miss the regularity of work. I don\u2019t miss the fame, but I do miss the money,\u201d she added honestly. \u201cMost of all, I miss being on set \u2014 the process of creating a story, developing a character slowly, running lines together and bringing a scene to life. That creative process, of knitting a story together, is what I miss the most.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Sweta Keswani may have been one of Indian television\u2019s most recognisable faces, but her ambitions extended far…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[16539,56939,146,2085,85,56938,46,56940,56937],"class_list":["post-81915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-actor","tag-baa-bahu-aur-baby","tag-entertainment","tag-hollywood","tag-il","tag-indian-television","tag-israel","tag-kahaani-ghar-ghar-ki","tag-sweta-keswani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}