India, July 22 -- Actor Sudhir Pandey has been juggling work in the television and film industries for over five decades. The actor is known for his roles in shows such as Sasural Genda Phool and Balika Vadhu, as well as films including Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, Mission Raniganj, Agneepath, Waaris and Tees Maar Khan. In a recent chat with Siddharth Kannan, Sudhir opened up about the exploitation in the television industry and said he believes he deserves "a better industry" than Bollywood.

Sudhir spoke about the exploitation of character actors in the television industry and said, "If you are doing a daily soap, you can't do anything else during that period. You can't take up a film if you are committed to a serial. They don't give you fixe...