MUMBAI: While watching some our most loved television shows, we have often noticed our favorite actors effortlessly breathing lives into the characters they play on-screen. However, there are  several preparations that go behind making that character look as convincing to the viewer’s eye and one of them is donning a new appearance for a role, especially if it is of another gender. As easy and common it might sound, the task of pulling across a new appearance is another ball game altogether and experiencing this was none other television actor Pratibha Ranta. For a recent episode of Zee TV’s popular fiction show, Qurbaan Hua Chahat (played by  Pratibha Ranta) took the appearance of a ‘taxi driver’ in order to mislead her step mother, Ghazala and save her dear father. 

Shedding her elegant saree clad appearance, Pratibha couldn’t have looked more adorable in this new avatar where she donned an ordinary shirt and pant along with a mustache and beard on her face. Elaborating on her new look, the talented actress Pratibha Ranta said, “I had the most astounding experience while shooting for the sequence where I had to get into a male taxi driver’s look.  Donning the appearance was tough for me because my entire look had to be transformed and I had to wear a fake mustache and beard, which turned out to be the most irksome thing for me. But, at the same time it was  quite fun because after a really long time I felt free from the earrings, bangles, necklace, hairdo, heels and the saree.  I also had to work on my dialogue delivery with correct tonality which was a daunting task for me but at the end it was a complete learning experience for me as I had to mold myself into the essence of a new character. I am very excited to see how this turns out.”

Attempting to save her father from Gazala who often keeps Dr. Baig in an unconscious state, Chahat tries to save her father by seeking Neel’s played by Karan Jotwani) help whose only motto is to seek revenge from her father. Will Chahat be successful in doing so?

To find out, tune into Qurbaan Hua every Monday to Saturday at 10:00 PM only on Zee TV!