Surekha SikriSurekha Sikri’s rare appearance in a television serial is not only literal.It’s metaphorical too. The 64-year-old actor, who plays Daadi-sa on Balika Vadhu, went missing in action from the small screen once characters, according to her, became inane. As the mother-in-law, her return symbolises the ushering in of the new saas. Meghna MalikMake no mistake, on prime time, the saas is still the bahu’s nemesis, but the rules of the game are different. Unlike earlier, she isn’t evil without reason. Meghna Malik, who plays the towering Ammaji in Colors’ Laado, a show about female foeticide, is a woman who’s grown up in a man’s world. “Her longing for a male child is because of the mindset of people around her,” says Malik. These are characters that Purnendu Shekhar calls regressively progressive.Published By: AtMigration Published On: Apr 24, 2009 05:18 IST--- ENDS ---
