Telly's Parvati vs 'real' Sakshi

Sakshi Tanwar epitomises the demure, organised, sari-clad Indian housewife on TV soaps, but in real life she is quite a contrast.

Sakshi Tanwar epitomises the demure, organised, sari-clad Indian housewife on TV soaps, but in real life she is quite a contrast.

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Sakshi is the woman behind the iconic Parvati in Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki and the supernatural Devi in the popular serial by the same title.

"Fortunately, people don't expect me to be the sari-clad demure Parvati or Devi in real life," Sakshi told IANS in an interview.

Sakshi Talwar as the super-mom and super-wife in popular serial Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki.

"In fact when they see me as a normal jeans-clad girl having fun at a discotheque, they smile indulgently instead of being shocked by my 'transformation'. I guess television audiences have matured."

Sakshi shot to fame after a few years of struggle as a TV actress - she was earlier seen in teleplays on Doordarshan and two quality serials Bhanwar and Rajdhani - when she started playing the super-wife and super-mom in Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki.

"After the serial succeeded, women began to look upon me as a 'Miss Fix-it'. I was seen as the housewife who could take on any crisis and come out unscathed. I can't say I don't enjoy the image. But it does get scary, specially now when I've to play another super-woman in 'Devi'."

In this soap, Sakshi is cast as a woman who has been bumped off by her caddish husband but returns as a supernatural avatar of the dead woman to set her evil husband's house in order.