Fans of Colors’ Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon are in awe of Riya, the new woman in RK’s life. Yes, she is TV actress Vaishnavi Dhanraj better known as Vaishnavi Sahrawat after her marriage. We are sure you’ll are eager to know more about her. Hence, we talked to the actress to know about her role and more. Read on… How’s shooting for Madhubala been for you so far? I am really enjoying it. You’re playing a negative character here… I really don’t know how this character is going to shape up but as for now it is a neutral one. It might turn negative in the future and if it does I’d enjoy playing it as I haven’t played a negative role yet. Have you been following Madhubala? Not really, never got to watch it but the creatives helped me understand the storyline. Do you like Vivian D’sena as an actor? Yes, he is a very professional man and I must admit that he knows RK in and out hence, acting comes naturally to him. And off screen he is a very down-to-earth person. Have you ever had a crush on him? No, as a matter of fact I haven’t had any kind of crush after school and college. All I do is admire Vivian as an actor. What do you think of Drashti Dhami as an actress? She is a very sweet person and has no air about her. I must tell you that everybody on my sets is nice; in fact they all made it a point to make me feel comfortable about everything. Even our production team and my director made it a point to make things easy for me. Do you think you’ll manage to gain the same kind of popularity as Drashti has? I haven’t thought about that as yet. When I was being narrated for my role, all I focused on was me playing the female RK. Yes, just like RK, she is self obsessed and does not believe in saying ‘thank you’ and ‘sorry’ to anybody. I loved what was being offered to me and I took it up. And on the whole I was also excited about being part of Madhubala that is an extremely popular show. And trust me, had I been narrated the same character in some other show, I would have still taken it up. But here it is double dhamaal. Parvarrish (Sony TV) did not work well for you… I am glad that it did not go well as my character was nowhere around what was narrated to me earlier. They had assured me that my role would be that of a parallel lead but nothing of that sort happened. How is life post marriage? It’s beautiful; I bake him (her husband) cakes and in turn he cooks food for me. And I must admit that life is more at peace now. Which means life hasn’t changed a bit? I don’t even feel like I am married. In fact all the people I meet too don’t believe that I am married when I tell them that I am married (laughs). Do you discuss your projects with your husband before taking them up? Yes, I do discuss everything from the budget to the character to the production house and the channel. It’s important for me to discuss these things with him because he is a better judge than I am and more sensible too (giggles). And it is vice versa when it comes to his projects.