Aroona's real-life inspiration
Kunal M Shah
Aroona Irani's latest show, Vaidehi on Sony TV which premieres today, is based on the real-life trauma of one of her closest friend. Irani confirms, "Yes it's true that Vaidehi is based on the story of a very close friend of mine, but I would not like to mention her name. After marriage, she had a weird problem that women normally do not have. The worst part was she could not mention this to anyone in her family and that's when she confided in me five years ago. When I heard what she told me, I could not believe that something like that could happen to anyone," says Irani.
"When I recently met my friend again, I remembered what she had disclosed to me five years ago. I decided right then that her story could be the plot of my film and I later told her that I was going to base my next serial on her. She had no problems with it as long as her identity was protected, something I promised I would do."
Aroona is not apprehensive about the viewership of Vaidehi. "Women constitute the biggest chunk of our viewers. But Vaidehi will have an equal number of men watching it too, mainly because of the uniqueness of the problem my protagonist faces. Vaidehi begins today and I'm nervous. There are butterflies in my stomach and I have my fingers crossed," says Irani.
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