Behind The Success Of The Porridge Maker On The Pilgrimage, Citra Kirana Actually Cries

Citra Kirana (Photo: IG @citraciki)

JAKARTA - The soap opera Tukang Porridge Naik Haji was once the most popular soap opera by the Indonesian people. The main star, Citra Kirana, admitted that he had filmed 2,000 episodes for approximately five years.

Apparently, behind the success there were tears that had to be endured by Citra because sometimes she felt sick of filming the soap opera.

"The worst thing is in the soap opera I'm Tukang Bubur Naik Haji. It's 2,000 episodes, if I'm not mistaken, I shot like... five years," said Citra Kirana on YouTube Adrey Zeta TV, Monday, July 5.

Citra said she was bored and contacted the manager to ask to stop filming. "In the same title, meet the same players, try at the same location. Every day you have to go there, you must be bored," said Citra.

"So in episode 2,000, I cried on set. I was really like, I called my manager, 'Mas I'm tired, I want to finish how do I do it?' I cried, like it was really bad, right," continued Citra.

However, due to the demands of work and being bound by a contract, Citra could not immediately leave the soap opera Tukang Bubur Naik Haji. Rezky Aditya's wife finally got used to it and enjoyed shooting it.

"Then it's okay, what can I do. Even my manager can't say anything, because right from the start, I wanted to continue to have a contract as well," recalled Citra.

"There was just a point where I was tired, I cried, until I didn't know who else to complain to. In the end, I didn't want to do it," added Citra Kirana.