Actor Sankarshan Karhade sat up all night with feverish daughter, then reached Pune shoot at 7 am

Actor Sankarshan Karhade is extremely busy these days. His plays are on tour, poetry programmes are under way and he continues to write. He will also soon be seen in a film. Even so, he makes time for his family.

In a recent interview, he narrated an incident involving his daughter. He said that after the birth of his children, his relationship with his own father has grown deeper.

Karhade said that some time ago he had to go to Pune for a shoot, scheduled for 7 am. That day he returned home at 11.30 pm after performing a play in Mumbai. He had meant to say a quick hello and goodbye to the family, sleep for two to three hours and then leave. On reaching home, his wife told him that their daughter, Sragvi, had a fever of 102 degrees. It was already 11.30 pm and the shoot was at 7 am.

In such a situation, most people would probably say they had given the medicine and would now sleep, since they had to leave in the morning. Karhade did not do that.

He decided to leave only after her fever came down a little. He stayed at home until 3 am, keeping cold-water compresses on her forehead. The same night at 11.30 pm, he found a shop and brought back a unicorn horse toy, which his daughter liked. According to him, if children are engaged with toys for a while, their attention is diverted.

His daughter played with the toy, ate at midnight and fell asleep. Karhade stayed at home until 2.45 am. Around 3 am he left for Pune and reached the set at 7 am. In other words, he went straight to the shoot after staying awake all night.

Karhade said he does not feel good at all without his father and his children. He says a person does not understand this until he becomes a father himself, and that what people say about it is absolutely true. As a child one does not realise how much one's father does, but on becoming a father everything starts to make sense.

Karhade will soon be seen in the film Aadi Anant alongside Ashok Saraf and Sakhi Gokhale. The trailer was launched a few days ago and the film releases in theatres on November 12.