Sandhya Mridul: I have always fancied myself being a good mom

Mridul’s latest is Private Investigator on Star Plus that revolves around the life of a college-going student Raffe Roy Chaudhary who is a detective. “I play Anita, the mother of the protagonist. She is possibly the coolest, amicable mother and more like a friend, who keeps asking if he has any girlfriend. She can talk to him about everything, except when he asks about his father. She has a past and it is very crucial to the story that ends up changing Raffe’s life,” she says. “I am not a mother in real life but I have always fancied myself being a good mom. This is giving me enough practice before I make the mistake.” The show debuts on December 7.

The 39-year-old actor, who made her television debut with Banegi Apni Baat in 1994 and was last seen as a runner up in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 2 in 2007, says that repetitive roles was the reason that kept her away from TV. Mridul appeared in Ekta Kapoor’s hugely popular TV series Koshish, playing the role of a woman trapped into marrying a mentally challenged man. “After Koshish, everyone started offering me similar roles. I didn’t want to do it. Many say that I walked away from television but I never did. I love it because it is the most powerful medium that reaches out to a large audience. I just didn’t like what the medium was doing; it was running only success stories.”

The actor says that she is open to playing all kinds of diverse role. “I was recently offered the role of a eunuch, when I realised I would be more than happy to do it. Looking pretty on television never excited me,” she says.