I was star struck upon seeing Sumbul Touqeer from 'Imlie': Jazzy Ballerini of 'Anandi Baa aur Emily'

Jazzy Ballerini is soon going to be seen in Star Plus's upcoming show 'Anandi Ba aur Emily.' The actress who has already created a buzz in the industry ever since the promos of her show have been released, spoke to India Forums at length about her experience of working as an actress on Indian television and a lot more. We asked the actress about that one driving factor that made her go for the show, she said, ''I guess for me it was the fact that this show is a family friendly show. There was something new, something I did not know about and I wanted to know more about it. Apart from that, Optymistix is a great production house and Star Plus, like we all know is a leading Indian channel. These were all the factors that made me say yes to the show.'' 

We asked Jazzy if she looked up to any Indian shows and television actors for an inspiration for her Indian television debut and the actress said, ''Honestly speaking, not at all. I am basically playing myself. So what you are seeing in Emily, is basically me. I am just imagining myself in my character Emily all the time. I feel like in this particular story there is no one I can look up to and learn because this is a new story, its different from other TV shows. I feel like I cannot relate to another actress for my role, I definitely can learn from their acting skills because I believe everyone can learn something or the other from each other but as Emily I don't think I could look up to for any inspiration.''

We asked Jazzy if there is any Indian television show she has known of or she has seen and the actress had a very interesting answer as she spoke about 'Imlie' fame Sumbul Touqueer. Jazzy said, ''I did not watch any TV show but I always heard about a show called 'Imlie' which is so similar to my character name 'Emily.' People have been getting our names mixed up. Well, I watched a few snippets on YouTube and I really loved her so much. I found her character so cool and the way she acts is so good. She is so young and she is such a good actress for her age. And then just last week when I went to shoot for a promo on the sets of her show, I got to meet her. I was so star struck upon seeing her and I told her 'Oh my god you are that girl! I always wanted to meet you. Well, she is very nice and very humble and I am so glad that I got to meet her.''

I found her character so cool and the way she acts is so good. She is so young and she is such a good actress for her age. And then just last week when I went to shoot for a promo on the sets of her show I got to meet her. I was so star struck upon seeing her and I told her 'Oh my god you are that girl! I always wanted to meet you. Well, she is very nice and very humble and I am so glad I got to meet her.''

- Jazzy Ballerini

Jazzy Ballerini who hails from Surrey, England will be seen essaying the role of 'Emily' in Star Plus's show 'Anandi Ba aur Emily' opposite Mishkat Verma from tonight, 6.30 pm.