Ketki(daksha) doing an Item Number Artcle

Want to know more about Daksha chachi aka Ketki Dave's jhatkas and matkas? Read on...

Going by the generation leaps that Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi has had, Daksha chachi aka Ketki Dave has to be atleast 75 years old. But she looks no more than 35! "Well, nobody on the show is sporting whiteners. So I guess it's fine," she says. But Smriti Iraani, who played Tulsi and now Gautami Gadgil, do have grey strands. "Smriti did try to look her character's age. So there was a scene inserted in the show where Daksha tells Tulsi to use some hair dye to look younger, but she doesn't agree. Besides, Daksha is somebody who's quite over-the-top . Her ways are such that they won't go well with somebody who looks old."

Speaking further about this trend of time leaps and supposed old characters looking young on the small screen, Ketki says, "On TV I think they want young goodlooking mothers. So we've accepted the fact that all of us have to look good."

After a point audiences tend to forget about the time leaps, she says. "A time leap happens to introduce a new generation and more characters. The focus is on them now. Of course audiences want characters from the previous generation as well, but they don't really bother if they look young or old."

Ketki is also busy doing an item number these days. Of course it's not for a film or a TV show. But for her Gujarati play Ek Chatur Naar. She's teamed up with her husband actor Rasik Dave. In fact, after the couple participated in Nach Baliye 2, they haven't stopped dancing. "Yes, that's right. Rasik is losing weight dancing," laughs Ketki. What prompted them to have an item number in their play? "After Nach Baliye 2 we felt our Gujarati audiences would like to see us perform live on stage. Besides, Gujarati audiences do like dance performances in plays."

Apart from producing plays, Ketki also made a Gujarati serial a few years ago. "It was called Takdeer No Takajo and was well-received ," she says. But doesn't she, like many of her colleagues, want to produce Hindi serials? "It's quite difficult. Of course, we would like to. But producing a show is very time-consuming. Also, these days the way things are, it's not so feasible. If we try to make something different and it doesn't work the show could suddenly be shut down. That would mean massive losses," she says.