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She
walked right into television history with
her character of Veerawali in
Ramesh Sippy's Buniyaad. From then
on the lady hasn't looked back! Mahabharat
and A Mouthful of Sky followed,
but the lady finds a lot of joy in talking
about the show that propelled her towards
instant stardom. Ananya Sengupta spoke
to Kiran Joneja on the eve of the relaunch
of Buniyaad on SaharaOne.
On the relaunch
of Buniyaad
Actually it feels really
nice. I am looking forward to watching it
on screen, as I haven't seen the show in
its totality. I am very excited, even my
colleagues at work seem to be waiting for
it to air again!
On whether she
expects Buniyaad to repeat its success
I really don't know about that.
See, there is a whole new generation who
haven't watched the show, but have heard
a lot about it. But I always believed that
every show has its own audience. Buniyaad
is a classic and it will have its own loyal
audience.
On her memories
of the show
It was the best work that I have
done. It was great working on the show and
remember, I met my husband ( director, Ramesh
Sippy) on the sets! From then on its been
20 years of togetherness, happy memories
and loads of fun.
On the idea of
airing the show on SaharaOne
It was entirely their (SaharaOne)
idea. They approached us with the idea and
we agreed! But the show has been previously
rerun on Star and Zee and DD as well.

On working on
television today
Well, change is the keyword on television
today. I have always believed that if an
artist doesn't change with the times he
will be left behind. The role that I am
doing now in Sinndoor is an interesting
one and that's why I decided to do it. Frankly,
I work for 20-22 days and I wish it were
15. And as far as the teh quality of work
on television is concerned, I am not complaining.
See, people get bored with seeing the same
stuff, although it takes time for them to
get bored!(laughs) But times have changed,
the moralistic viewpoint that Buniyaad
had cannot work today! The glamour and
the bold scenes that we see today is a reflecyion
of what is presently happening in society...nothing
can be done about it! But again, I think
change is welcome!
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Posted
on 18 January 2005 6:30 pm
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