TOI: Puja to play Maa kali!

'Devon ke Dev... Mahadev's Maha episode will see Mahadev (Mohit Raina) take the avatar of Veerbhadra while Parvati ( Puja Banerjee) will appear as Maa Kali to slay Aandhak, played by Manav Gohil.
To get into Kali's avatar, Puja had to paint her body blue. She had to wear a garland of skulls, weighing around five kilos.
It took the make-up artistes about four hours to paint Puja's body. Since Maa Kali's tongue is always red, she also had to pop a pill which turned her tongue blood red. With her tongue coloured, Puja was not supposed to drink fluid or eat through the entire shoot. The team shot for 11 hours with just one break. Puja says, "It was an opportunity of a lifetime. I was not keeping too well and was not in the right frame of mind to shoot, but once I went on the floors " complete with the body paint and garland, I was fine. It seemed as if Maa Kali had blessed me. I hope people appreciate the hard work that Mohit and I have put in for th