Kruttika Desai best remembered from the DD days for Chandrakanta and A Mouth Full Of Sky has come a long way but still awaits better work than what she is getting offered on television today. The actor of yester years is

Kruttika Desai: No run of the mill stuff for me!

playing the conniving aunt in Sahara One's Kuch Apne Kuch Paraye and has a Gujrati play (To Karo Shri Ganesh) which has recently completed thirty shows. But not many know that Kruttika also keeps herself busy with Akanksha (an NGO) where in she teaches dramatics to about one hundred and fifty kids (within the age group of fife to fifteen years of age).

"I take weekend classes for fifty kids from Akanksha to begin with but end up having one hundred and fifty. At the end of the year, we put up a musical play which is choreographed by Shiamak Davar. The play has been written and directed by Shaheen Mistry and myself," says Kruttika who has been associated with the NGO for the past three years.

The pretty actor's teenage daughter studies in River Dale boarding school near Pune which is why she prefers to keep herself busy with as much work as possible. After getting rave reviews for her performance in Tumhari Disha and Aisa Des Hai Mera, what made the actor take up Kuch Apne Kuch Paraye?

"I play this aunt who isn't married and lives with her brother and five sons. She is close to the sons but can't stand the sister in law. So far, it has been a pleasant experience shooting for the show but then eventually I am looking forward to better work than what I am doing," points out the actor adding "But in the Gujrati play, I play this woman who doesn't have children and how she tries to find her child in her sister-in-laws child but realises its futile as its not her baby. There's Shilpa Talaskar and Sachin in the show and we will be traveling to Gujrat, Dubai and USA.
Hope the talented actor gets her due and more quality work soon enough...