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Challenging roles portrayed on Indian TV!

Although the regular soaps and the dramas portrayed in each of them hardly leave us thinking about the stark difference contained therein, but we can appreciate the difference brought in by way of the characters.

The women, who come as the strong protagonists, come as women of substance, which is almost next to impossible in today's generation. The very idea of portraying such characters, which imbibes the goodness of moral values, practical solutions, loads of maturity and sensibilities to handle and evolve in a situation, is a tough task for the actors.

Anandi from 'Balika Vadhu' is one challenging role as the character goes through a lot, yet endures everything with patience and lots of optimism. Right from getting married as a child, against her wishes, fighting hard to voice her concern about women injustice, facing infidelity to her second marriage, the character has evolved through every setback and come out as a winner!

Sandhya from 'Diya Aur Baati Hum', is another strong character and yet a very challenging one. Just like Anandi, the character goes through several emotional and cultural and social upheavals in life. In spite of all this, she does manage to make a place in every one's hearts, by keeping patient, virtuous and above all calm.

From the past too, our Indian TV has helped in honoring women and giving them roles that are way beyond challenging. Smriti Irani's portrayal of 'Tulsi Virani' is something which has been immortalized by the actor. Her role was quite challenging as it was the first of its kind. Maybe now there are numerous women, portraying something similar, but when Ekta Kapoor wasn't that buzz word, Smriti Irani did something very challenging. Her role of strong daughter-in-law, fighting injustice done by her mother in law or her portrayal of a selfless woman, is still remembered in awe.

The on screen portrayal of 'Kiran Bedi' in 'Udaan' was a much challenging role as the actor had to incorporate all the hardships and the turbulent times, which the Kiran Bedi had actually gone through in her real life.

While there are numerous challenging roles portrayed by women, men have also had equally meaty roles to portray. The recent one is Mohit Raina's portrayal as 'Mahadev' onLife Ok, is something which is attracting a lot of awe, admiration and love for him. The actor has to go through the challenges of being a god, let alone a human. The physically demanding role is making the character as challenging as any other.

Similarly, the physically demanding roles of actors, where they play the challenges of being a character from some epic stories are equally tough. Some of them are the ones, portrayed by actors for characters like 'Chandragupta Maurya', 'PrithviRaj Chauhan' etc.

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