Actress Alpana Buch, who is best referred to as Leela from Anupamaa, was just lately in Lucknow to shoot for a tune. Alpana, who is generally seen in an Indian avatar carrying heavy saris on the present, made essentially the most of her go to right here and was noticed carrying her favorite jeans and T-shirt. “I might wear heavy saris in TV serials, but I like wearing a simple white kurta and denim in real life when I am not shooting. That is my fashion mantra. Even when I came to Lucknow, I mostly carried my western clothes and saris are for reel life,” smiles Alpana.

Alpana Buch

Having labored in serials like Baal Veer, Udaan, Roop – Mard Ka Naya Swaroop, Alpana is actually blissful that her second innings on TV have labored so nicely. “I was an announcer on the radio before I left work. Then I got married and had kids and left working. I did theatre but not a hardcore one as I had family commitments. I started working again in 2009 and it’s been only 13 years of working for me in this industry. I want to do everything that comes my way from ads and films to theatre and TV shows,” she says.
However, Alpana, who has at all times been a personality artiste, says Anupamaa modified her profession graph utterly. “Even though I did many shows, Anupamaa has been a game changer for my career. However, not many people know that we were committed to three months for Anupamaa as we didn’t know whether such a show would work on television or not. Also, whatever people might say about character artists not getting due importance in Indian shows, agar aisa hota toh Alok Nath kabhi itna popular nahi hote. Take the example of our shows where most character artists are given due importance and screen space,” she says.

Alpana Buch as Leela Shah in Anupamaa

Ask Alpana about why Indian makers nonetheless don’t experiment a lot with finite reveals and the way her present Anupamaa’s rankings dropped due to the storyline and she or he says, “Ratings might fluctuate for Anupamaa as one show can not stay number 1 forever. But still, there is a lot of scope and a lot of stories to be told in Anupamaa. Finite shows have worked at one time but they do not work anymore on Indian television. Daily soaps on Indian television will always be infinite. Our shows become infinite because the Indian TV audience gets emotionally connected with the show and its characters.”
Talking about her Lucknow go to she mentioned, “Lucknow Nawabon ka shehar hai which is known for the ‘pehle aap’ culture. The food of Lucknow is the best. Also, the kind of cold waether that is here in Lucknow, we Mumbaikars travel to Manali for such a weather. I also saw Lucknow University properly lit up in the night and it looked so beautiful.”

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