No kidding mum!
SANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY
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Besides stage appearances, Smita Bansal has enacted many tele-roles, the latest being a mother of grown-up kids in "Twinkle Beauty Parlour".
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I have been doing TV roles for the last 10 years. How long can you keep playing the same college-goer types?
Photo: Anu Pushkarna
ALL SMILES Smita Bansal in New Delhi.
You have seen her in umpteen roles on the box. Be it Piya Ka Ghar, CID, Amanat, Alpaviram, Kora Kagaz, Koi Apna Sa, Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki, Itihaas, Sarhadein, Hip Hip Hurray or Woh, telly actress Smita Bansal has always come across as an endearing character by dint of her dramatics.
With that typical `desi' look that most of us can very easily identify with, she fits into many a shade, be it an annoyed bahu, an upset relative, a friend in need, or even an all-serious lawmaker, with equal finesse.
Elfin looks
Now seen in the SAB TV daily, Twinkle Beauty Parlour as Niyati, Smita says for the first time she is expanding her role-playing to that of a mother of a set of grown-up kids. But with her slim, elfin looks, that typical giggle of a college-goer, doesn't she herself look like a kid?
"I think these traits were looked at as an asset when the director of the serial thought of offering me the role of Niyati. Because she is a charming lady in her late 30s who exemplifies the perfect housewife. She is health conscious, cooks the right food for her kids, keeps a beautiful house and is very well maintained herself.
So the director didn't want someone who looks like a mother to the grown-up kids but someone who doesn't, someone who reaps compliments because of this," explains Smita.
Something new
In New Delhi the other day to talk about her role to media persons, Smita says, "I am indeed very happy to do this role. I have been doing TV roles for the last 10 years. How long can you keep playing the same college-goer types?"
Hailing from Jaipur, married to serial director Ankush of Glen-Ankush fame, Smita is now a mother of a two-year-old daughter, Stasha. "Stasha means princess in Russian," she shares.
Taking time off to be with her little daughter for a while, she returned to the tube as sub-inspector Aditi in CID on Sony TV some time back.
"But Twinkle... is the only serial I am doing at present," she adds. Smita, who trained in acting under Kishore Namit Kapoor, is also seen in Mahesh Dattani's play, "Mad About Money" these days.
"It is a great release from the typical roles that you play in serials," she comments. "Also, I am lucky to be married to Ankush. Though I stay with my in-laws, they are so supportive. My mother-in-law takes care of my daughter when I am out. My father-in-law, Madan Mohalla has produced quite a few Hindi films like Raja Jani and Sharafat, etc. So I guess they know how the acting world is," sums up Smita.
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