Aruna enters the Balaji camp

An actress for over 40 years, acting is her first love. Most of her experience comes from acting and producing Hindi and Gujarati films for the last six years. Starting with Des Mein Nikla Hoga Chand, the TRP topper one-hour weekly that enjoyed unrelenting success for over two years, the veteran actress-cum-producer followed it up with two more moderately successful shows, Menhdi Rang Layegi and Rabba Ishq Na Hove.

Currently busy producing and acting in her own weekly show Vaidehi which has been revamped into a daily from November 6, Aruna Irani is all set to work outside her own production banner. The veteran actress will be seen in Ekta Kapoor's Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki.
Obviously the call came from Ekta.

"She called up to see if I was interested in doing a role in Kahani. I asked for a couple of days to think but before I could say yes another call came from Balaji. I thought I must do it because I am an actress first and I want to do good roles," she says adding "Ekta's success story is amazing. I don't think it's possible for anybody to emulate her success."

It's not just the role that made Irani say yes to Ekta's offer. "Most of the time we live and work in our own world as if nothing exists outside. A closed mind is a sign of creative death. But I have an open mind and want to see how others work. I am really excited about getting into the Balaji camp," says Irani who plays Nayan Tara in Kahani.

"Nayan Tara is like Krishna of Mahabharat who will guide Parvati fight against people who have done injustice to her. It's not a very long role but a cameo that will last for about two months. I could not have done a long character because I am busy with Vaidehi which is becoming a daily.""

Given her age Irani was never comfortable producing and working in a daily. "But circumstances have forced me to get into the grind of making a daily. It's the need of the time. Nobody watches a weekly, no matter how gripping the story is simply because the waiting period is too long for viewer who is used to watching television drama on a daily basis," she reasons.

Irani really seems to be opening up to the opportunities that television is offering. For, she is making another daily show Doli Saja Ke, a story of father-daughter relationship staring Barkha Bisht and Anuj Saxena that will premiere on Sahara One soon.