Being yourself on screen is the most challenging: Sayali Sanjeev

Actor Sayali Sanjeev has to be able to connect and understand a character to be able to play it

Actor Sayali Sanjeev is thrilled at the feedback she has been receiving for her first Marathi web series, U Turn. The show talks about a young couple, who is in the process of getting a divorce. It was the family-oriented script and clean subject that made Sayali take up the show.

Actor Sayali Sanjeev made her digital debut with Rajshri Marathi’s UTurn

The Kahe Diya Pardes (2016) actor says, “I was in two minds about entering into the world of web series. However, U Turn seemed like a great start. It is something, I could recommend to any age group.”

Actors Omprakash Shinde and Sayali Sanjeev in a still from Marathi web series UTurn

Sayali plays Mukta, a young, independent woman married to Aditya (Omprakash Shinde). She reveals that she is 99% like her on-screen character. “Mukta and I have a lot of common threads. This made it easier for me to understand her. As an actor, I have to be convinced of who I am playing. I cannot do a role if I don’t understand her. I am disciplined, slightly compulsive, and highly critical, just like Mukta,” she says.

Sayali shares that she is 99 per cent like her on screen character, Mukta

She quickly adds that though they were almost playing themselves in the show, it was one of the most challenging parts. “It is very difficult to be yourself while acting. You have to control your emotions, because there is no limitation,” she says.

She is being praised for her accurate portrayal of a ‘wife’ on screen, even though she is unmarried in real life. “I always go by the script and character sketch. And, what worked for me here is that I am an extrovert and extremely particular about things,” she concludes.