TOI: I was a couch potato at 17-Smita

I WAS A COUCH POTATO AT 17

Smita Bansal on the many shows she watched then on TV


Wish there was a rewind button.I used to love watching TV and was actually a couch potato at 17.There were many shows on the tube back then but I was particulary hooked to shows like Campus,CID,Antakshari and Bold And The Beautiful.These shows just fascinated me as they were all different genres and yet I could relate with them.I never really thought I would become an actress but I guess the training had started young through these shows in some way or the other.Antakshari for the sheer way in which it managed to enthrall its audiences.Campus gave me the college feel and it was a feel-good show.During your college days,everything looks like a fairytale and even romance is so magical.It was this fairytale romance in the show that caught my fancy.

As told to Neha Maheshwri