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| Take, for instance, Prachi Desai who plays Bani in Kasamh Se. The 18-year-old took her Board exam recently. She might be a girl-next- door in real life, but as soon as she wears those heavy sarees coupled with loud make-up and jewellery, she steps into another age altogether. "I was initially not comfortable playing the role. I even rejected the offer, but Ekta convinced me. One good thing about the show is the opportunity it gives me to work with a great team and the character is good too," she says as the first sign of imposed maturity. Kasamh Se is not like the other saas-bahu shows. It is more of a love story. Romancing a man twice her age was another challenge that Prachi has successfully overcome. | ||
| Take the case of Gautami Kapoor, who took the risk of making a comeback after a two-year hiatus as Tulsi in Kyunkii. But the actor in her early 30s has no qualms playing a character not twice but thrice her age, even though it was as big as Tulsi. "As an actor one should be able to play any role. As far as playing Tulsi is concerned, I'm okay sporting grey hair and the grandmom look," she says. | ||
| Ditto with Shweta Tiwari, who has been essaying the role of Prerna in Kasauti for more than seven years now. "Initially, it was the story of a young girl but later, it showed her future, how she becomes a mother and now a grandmother. Thankfully, viewers have liked my performance all this while," she says. In her late 20s, Tiwari is the mother of an eight-year-old in real life. | ||
| But there are others like Achint Kaur who don't have a choice but to relent to the demand of the audience to survive in the industry, whether they like it or not. "TV today is no longer about characterisation, it's about telling stories. Most roles are far from believable but that's what the viewers want," she says. Achint shot to fame with her roles in Kyunkii and Kahaani, where she played mother to 25-year-olds. She has a 10-year-old son in real life though. | ||
| The idea of having older roles for young actors was spearheaded by serial queen Ekta Kapoor. Thanks to the generation leaps, a regular feature in almost every show she produces, actors are not left with much choice but to do what their boss orders. | ||
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