Rupali Ganguly Reveals She Was Apprehensive About Playing The Lead Role In Anupamaa For THIS Reason

Rupali
Ganguly
has
been
winning
a
lot
of
accolades
and
love
for
her
stellar
performance
on
Star
Plus’

Anupamaa.
However,
the
actress
recently
revealed
that
she
was
apprehensive
about
taking
up
the
show
as
she
felt
overweight
and
wanted
to
look
slim
on
screen.
She
shared
that
she
had
also
requested
producer
Rajan
Shahi
to
let
her
lose
some
weight
as
she
was
playing
the
lead
role.

Rupali
told
ETimes
TV,
“When
I
joined
Anupamaa,
I
was
a
little
plump
and
I
told
our
producer
Rajan
Shahi
that
you
want
a
heroine
and
at
this
age,
let
me
lose
some
weight.
But
the
producer
told
me
that
he
didn’t
want
a
heroine
but
a
mother
instead.
‘I
want
a
mother
and
you
are
perfect
for
the
role
because
mothers
are
like
this.
Mother’s
don’t
get
time
to
hit
the
gym
and
have
a
perfect
figure
and
have
a
flat
stomach.
Maa
maa
hoti
hai,
she
will
first
think
about
her
kids,
family,
house
and
later
maybe
she
will
think
about
herself
if
she
gets
time’.”

Anupamaa
Actress
Rupali
Ganguly
Feels
Proud
To
Be
TV
Actor;
Says
‘TV
Stars
Are
Getting
Their
Due
Credit’

The
actress
further
revealed
that
she
was
a
housewife
for
seven
years
and
had
self-doubts
about
her
comeback
when
she
joined
the
show.
She
said,
“I
was
a
housewife
for
seven
years
and
was
at
home.
So,
there
was
a
self-doubt
when
I
joined
the
show.
Will
I
look
good
on-screen,
will
I
look
fat?
Especially
when
you
were
once
known
for
having
a
good
figure.
So
to
accept
yourself
onscreen
and
what
people
will
think
of
me
like
why
has
she
put
on
so
much
weight,
how
will
look,
will
my
show
be
accepted
because
maybe
I
will
be
so
bad,
will
I
be
able
to
act
well
after
seven
years
gap,
there
were
so
many
self-doubts.”

Anupamaa
Star
Rupali
Ganguly
On
Romancing
Gaurav
Khanna
On
Screen:
I
Get
Butterflies
In
My
Stomach

It
must
be
noted
that
Rupali
plays
the
titular
role
of
a
Gujarati
homemaker
on
the
hit
series.
The
actress,
who
returned
to
the
screen
after
a
gap
of
seven
years
with

Anupamaa,
has
been
earning
a
lot
of
praise
for
her
performance
on
the
show
which
has
been
declared
as
one
of
the
top-rated
programs
on
Indian
television.

Ganguly
is
also
well
known
for
starring
as
Monisha
Sarabhai
in
the
cult
sitcom

Sarabhai
vs
Sarabhai.
She
has
even
appeared
in
other
popular
shows
such
as

Sanjeevani,
Baa
Bahoo
Aur
Baby,

Parvarrish
–
Kuchh
Khattee
Kuchh
Meethi
among
others.