TOI: Ashka in SV

There is always a serpent in the Garden of Eden. And in Shubh Vivaah's lead pair Saroj (played by Neha Janpandit) and Amrit's (played by Eijaz Khan) lives the serpent is a married woman named Sarla, Amrit's secret lover. The character of Sarla is played by gorgeous Ashka Goradia.

Sarla is a beautiful and seductive woman married to a rich businessman. Like any other girl, Sarla also dreamt of an ideal husband and a picture perfect marriage. Though Sarla's married life looked perfect from the outside, she did not get the man of her dreams. Her husband often travels to Saudi Arabia for business. Since he cannot be with her frequently, he tries to compensate by sending a lots of money to Sarla.

Sarla though loaded with expensive jewelry and clothes, still feels emptiness in her life. And she turns to Amrit to drive away the emptiness. In return, she helps Amrit with his financial needs. She doesn't love Amrit but is able to manipulate him with her womanly charms.

Afraid to face the wrath of her husband and the society, Sarla keeps her affair with Amrit a secret. She transforms herself into a doting wife the minute her husband comes back as she wants to make her imperfect marriage work.

Aashka Goradia says" The character I play is not negative. It's a positive role but her actions may seem negative in people"s eyes. She has her own needs a requirements like any other show. It's a very different kind of a role and I haven't seen something like this on any other show. "

Watch Shubh Vivaah every Monday to Friday.