MUMBAI: Dhruvee Haldankar first appeared on the camera as a participant of the first season of Ronit Roy’s “Kitchen Champion” and then featured in other reality show like “MTV Date Trap” and “MTV Crunch”. The beautiful actress says when she entered the industry she didn’t know actors are divided based on the medium they work in.

“When I entered the industry I did not even know that there is segregation between television, cinema, and theatre, I just wanted to be an actor. I always had Bollywood aspiration, I always wanted to be seen as a Bollywood actress. Even if I am doing television, I would want to do films and if I am doing films I would also be open to doing television. An actor always acts irrespective of what platform it is,” she said.

The “Bhagyavidhaata” actress says the ability to emote is her greatest strength and added, “I genuinely feel as an actor, you must have honest emotions if you can emote genuinely as a person you can automatically become a good actor.”

She calls inspiration as her force and says she gets inspired by every character or role that she plays. She also revealed that she never saw herself in any other profession other than acting. She added, “I think when I was three, my dad had put me on my first television show, which was held on August 15, on Doordarshan, and I had to say just one dialogue for which I got a cheque of five hundred rupees. Since then I always wanted to be an actor.”

The “Trideviyaan” actress shared that though she never stressed about “good looks”, but over the years she has realised that it is important for an actor.

“I never thought that there was any necessity to take stress about the way you look, that’s why I have never hit the gym and never maintained my body. I grew up eating chicken and never thought of my weight. For me acting was to be able to emote and that was only important. Now if you look good and presentable it is an advantage for you. Over the years I have realised good looks are important for an actor,” she said.

Dhruvee also revealed the secret behind her name and said it means someone who is big-hearted and it is also related to Pole Star (Dhruv Tara). She said, “My parents had a love marriage and when my mom was pregnant at that time my father was in Antarctica. So they decided that if it was a boy they shall name him Dhruv, and if it was a girl they will call her Dhruvee. So, that’s how I was named Dhruvee.”

The actress is currently seen in the mythological show “Vighnaharta Ganesh”. Talking about her role, she said, “My role in ‘Vighnaharta Ganesh’ was also something that came very unexpectedly. When I signed for the show I was told that the role would probably last only for four days, but it’s been nine months now. When I started I had a different expectation altogether. I had never taken up a mythology show and it was the first time I agreed on doing a costume drama. It was a greater challenge for me to learn perfect Hindi and pronunciation and that is the reason this role is very special for me and different from whatever I have done so far.

Dhruvee has been part of shows like “Shaitaan: A Criminal Mind”, “Shapath”, “Fear Files”, “Crime Patrol”, “Savdhaan India”, “Tujhse Naaraz Nahi Zindagi” and “Baal Veer”, to name a few. In the future, she wants to play a character that the audience instantly falls in love with.

“I am looking for something like a lovable character, it does not matter whether it is negative or positive. I want a character that connects with the audience and people should know me by that character,” Dhruvee signed off.