Mumbai: Noted actor Supriya Pathak says she was initially uncertain about playing the role of Hansa Parekh in "Khichdi".
The actor, who is all set to reprise her role of Hansa, a lazy
housewife who loves dressing up, in the third season of the show, says
she was initially offered both the characters - Hansa and Jayshree, who
controls the management of the house but enjoys gossip. The role of
Jayshree was played by Vandana Pathak.
Producer J D Majethia and Aatish Kapadia had left the decision on Pathak about which role she would like to play.
"I
thought that usually people who have dialogues are shown more on
television, the camera is on them. Hansa doesn't do anything, Jayshree
does a lot of things and even talks a lot. I was in a dilemma," the
actor told PTI.
Pathak says she eventually tried seeking the advice of actor-husband Pankaj Kapur, who told her to go by her instincts.
"...He
said I should go by what I love. I liked Hansa, I have never played a
mad part. My mind had to be switched off to play Hansa and it was going
to be a challenge and a new
experience altogether," she says.
"Pankaj told me go with my gut feeling. So I went for Hansa. I immensely enjoyed playing her," the 57-year-old actor says.
In
the show, Hansa is always richly dressed and cannot live without her
'gajra' (flower garland) in her hair. Pathak says she was particular
about getting Hansa's look right.
"I was very finicky about
Hansa's look. I have never been like this as far as the look is
concerned, for any other character. Hansa cannot be not coordinated with
what she wears
- sari, jewellery, mogra (flowers).
It was Pathak's idea to do things at a snail's pace as Hansa is like that onscreen.
"Hansa
is a laidback character, so I picked up a slow walk, added lot of
gestures, hand movements. She is happy the way she is and I thoroughly
enjoyed playing her," she says.
The sitcom, revolving a Gujarati family, began in 2002.
The
makers came up with the season two of the show, called "Instant
Khichdi", in 2005 and then released a film based on the series, titled
"Khichdi: The Movie" in 2010.
"I did not anticipate that we will
get such an overwhelming response for our show. We just did the show we
believed in. This is the madness, fun quotient that we gave to viewers
through the show and they too loved it.
"When my children were in
school they were asked, 'your mother really does nothing?' And they
used to come home and tell me 'what's this happening?'," she says.
The show will go on air from April 14 on Star Plus channel.
PTI
