Rupali Ganguly
Popular TV actress Rupali Ganguly talks about her young look in the web show ‘Anupama – Namaste America’. Rupali is all set to reprise her role of Anupama in the 11-episode prequel of the television series. However, the actor was apprehensive about playing the role of a 17-year-old youth in the prequel.
Rupali, who has been earning a lot of praise for her performance in the show, said: “I didn’t do much for the look transition in ‘Anupama – Namaste America’ because for me it’s all about my on-screen. Performance. For the prequel story I had to look young and I was a little nervous thinking how could I pull it off. I didn’t want it to look over the top because naturally looking 17 years younger is really difficult.”
On the challenges, she shared: “Also, it was challenging for me to do this as an actor with a TV serial. In the television show, I am 45 and in this prequel I will be 28.”
Rupali said, “To make me look 28, the makers decided to keep my hair open and not tied like in the television series. The makeup is also very subtle. Everything else is on my display.”
The original cast of the television show has been retained for the prequel which includes Sudhanshu Pandey as Anupama’s husband Vanraj, along with Alpana Buch, Arvind Vaidya, Paras Kalnawat, Ashish Mehrotra and Ekta Saria Ba, Bapuji, Samar, Toshi and Dolly reprise the roles. , respectively.
‘Anupama-Namaste America’ will be streaming on Disney Plus Hotstar from April 25.