Rupali Ganguly, who has been earning accolades for playing the role of a Gujarati homemaker on the hit television show Anupamaa has said that she was apprehensive about taking up the role. The actress who recently bagged the Best Actress trophy at the ITA awards for the show plays a devoted wife, mother and daughter-in-law who is often looked down upon for not completing her education. In a recent interview with a leading tabloid, Rupali said that she wasn’t confident about returning to the screen after a gap of seven years and taking on the lead role as she felt she was overweight and not in best shape. However, producer Rajan Shahi convinced her for the role.
Rupali said in the interview, “When I joined Anupamaa, I was a little plump and I told our producer Rajan Shahi that you want a heroine and at this age, let me lose some weight. But the producer told me that he didn't want a heroine but a mother instead. ‘I want a mother and you are perfect for the role because mothers are like this. Mothers don’t get time to hit the gym and have a perfect figure and have a flat stomach. Maa maa hoti hai, she will first think about her kids, family, house and later maybe she will think about herself if she gets time’."
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She further said, “I was a housewife for seven years and was at home. So there was a self-doubt when I joined the show. Will I look good on-screen, will I look fat? Especially when you were once known for having a good figure. So to accept yourself onscreen and what people will think of me like why has she put on so much weight, how will look, will my show be accepted because maybe I will be so bad, will I be able to act well after seven years gap, there were so many self doubts.”
Rupali shot to fame playing the role of Monisha Sarabhai in the iconic comedy show Sarabhai vs Sarabhai. She has also appeared in serials like Baa Bahoo Aur Baby and Parvarrish – Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi.
(Source: ETimes)
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