Shilpa Shinde quits `Chidiya Ghar`

Mumbai: Shilpa Shinde has quit comedy show ‘Chidiya Ghar’ because she doesn`t want to be typecast.

Initially, she had signed a six-month contract with the makers, which got extended to a year. "Now they want me to extend my contract, but the role has lost its newness. I will now appear on another channel in a new role," said the actress in a statement. Shilpa is seen as Koyal in the show, which runs around a patriarchal family. "I would like to do a variety of roles. I don`t want to get typecast. I want to quit the serial when it is still popular, so people remember me as the heroine of a hit serial and not of a boring one," she said. Earlier, Shilpa acted in shows like ‘Maayka’ and ‘Kabhi Aaye Na Judai’. IANS