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These pent-up questions in her mind have sort of found a creative vent in the digital medium for Ekta.

I'm actually able to do TV now a lot more easily because I'm able to do this. Thanks to this vent for creative expression, I can tell stories of importance and then come back and say something way more sanitised on TV.

It was a realisation that dawned upon Ekta in 2014 when she came out with Ajeeb Daastaan Hai Ye - a story of a middle-aged mother, who has been cheated upon by her husband, having an emotional affair with her boss. The show was discontinued following abysmal TV ratings - much to her dismay.

"It was a show very close to my heart, and it never got watched. It was a show with which I was judging India to see if they accept this woman or not." They didn't.

At the end of the day, when you're going to such a large audience, the thought will have to be sanitised and will have to be one size that fits all.

Now that she is juggling with a variety content on different mediums, she has an interesting way to put her perspective about it.

"I'll always do TV with full respect. It's like if I start doing house parties, it doesn't mean I stop celebrating Diwali," she pointed out.