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Here's an older interview of Deepikaji where she also talks about new mythological soaps.
Deepika Chikhalia Once, she was Sita, adored by millions of Indians who watched India's first mythological television serial, Ramayana. That ran for a year from 1987. Today, the 'original' Sita's life centres around her two daughters, 11 and 6 and husband Hemant Topiwala's Shingar bindi and Tips and Toes cosmetics business in Mumbai. "I take care of R&D and marketing and am in office between 11 and 4 pm." This allows her to be home when the children return from school. As of now, Deepika has no plans for a comeback. "There are lots of offers, some of them weird. It's difficult to leave home after 4 pm right now. But I may ' after four to five years," she says. Perhaps another mythological serial? Yes, perhaps, agrees Deepika, but she says that the newer soaps don't have recall value. "When we did Ramayana, Arun Govil 'looked' 'Ram'; I 'looked' Sita. I did not use make-up in the vanvas episodes. There will be no better Hanuman than Dara Singh in a 100 years." Do people still prostrate before the woman they deified for playing Hinduism's arguably most revered woman? "Not the newer generation, but some elderly women still try to touch my feet." Today, few remember her political role as the BJP MP from Vadodara in the 90s. It is her "divine" role-play that's etched in public memory.
Deepika Chikhalia Once, she was Sita, adored by millions of Indians who watched India's first mythological television serial, Ramayana. That ran for a year from 1987. Today, the 'original' Sita's life centres around her two daughters, 11 and 6 and husband Hemant Topiwala's Shingar bindi and Tips and Toes cosmetics business in Mumbai. "I take care of R&D and marketing and am in office between 11 and 4 pm." This allows her to be home when the children return from school. As of now, Deepika has no plans for a comeback. "There are lots of offers, some of them weird. It's difficult to leave home after 4 pm right now. But I may ' after four to five years," she says. Perhaps another mythological serial? Yes, perhaps, agrees Deepika, but she says that the newer soaps don't have recall value. "When we did Ramayana, Arun Govil 'looked' 'Ram'; I 'looked' Sita. I did not use make-up in the vanvas episodes. There will be no better Hanuman than Dara Singh in a 100 years." Do people still prostrate before the woman they deified for playing Hinduism's arguably most revered woman? "Not the newer generation, but some elderly women still try to touch my feet." Today, few remember her political role as the BJP MP from Vadodara in the 90s. It is her "divine" role-play that's etched in public memory.
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