‘NRIs like me better!’ - Article

Her infectious smile radiating the TV screen is what endears Divyanka Tripathi to many.

And that's precisely the reason why she gets offers for many ad shoots abroad. "I guess NRIs like me better, so I'm in great demand there. May be they fantasise about someone like me," says the reigning actress of popular soap Banoo Main Teri Dulhann.

Considering that she has been associated with the show for a very long time now, are there any more shows in the pipeline? "Well, there have been a lot of offers. But I can't take up any fiction shows at the moment because if I take up any, I won't be able to do justice to it," she says matter-of-factly.

What about the deglam, boring image that she portrays on screen? Does she personally choose to be that way in real life or is it because of the role of a simple girl she plays in the soap?

"I choose to be that way. Even when I was playing the role of a modern girl when the show went through a reincarnation phase, I preferred to use very less make-up. Though I could wear different types of clothes I was comfortable being very simple. But that doesn't mean I'm against western stuff," she clarifies.

At one point of time, the actress had gone on record saying that TV actors are the most underpaid? Does she feel the same now? "No, now there are no complaints as everybody is decently paid," she smiles.

Talk about the great onscreen chemistry that she shares with her co-star Sharad Malhotra and rumours of them being very close and she just laughs it off, "We fight like cats and dogs on the sets. But the moment we are on camera, our chemistry rocks." On a more serious note, she says, "Sharad and I are just very good friends and are a great support system to each other."

So is she single and ready to mingle? "Yes, I'm very much single, but I'm not ready to mingle," signs off Divyanka as she gets ready for her shoot.