‘Rupali Ganguly does some great comedy on Anupamaa’: Sumeet Raghavan says she is still the ‘punching bag’ of Sarabhai vs Sarabhai team

When asked about his equation with Rupali, he shared that back in the day, she had just wrapped the medical drama show Sanjivani, and producer Aatish Kapadia would make fun of Rupali’s acting on that show. “She might be doing Anupamaa now but we still pull Rupali’s leg. Back when she was cast, she used to do Sanjivani. And when Rupali was cast, Aatish’s thinking was so clear that the kind of melodrama she did in Sanjivani, she has to do the same kind of melodrama here. She used to do comedy there when she had to be serious, she has to do the same thing here,” he shared with a laugh.

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Sumeet shared that Aatish felt that Sanjivani was a “comedy show” and recalled, “Rupali used to say ‘What do you mean Aatish? Was I doing comedy?’ And Aatish would say, ‘Yes, Sanjivani was a comedy show’.” He added, “We still pull her leg when you do some great comedy in Anupamaa. So basically, Rupali is our punching bag but she is a sport, she is a darling.”

Talking about Ratna Pathak Shah, Sumeet shared that she might look strict, but she was just as fun as the rest of the cast. He recalled that Ratna and Rupali would share a make-up room and while Ratna’s side of the room was neat and tidy, Rupali was just like her character Monisha. “Her side of the make-up room would be a complete mess. It would look like a bomb has dropped there and Ratna’s side used to be nice and tidy. Ratna would look at her and say ‘Oh god Rupali!’ They were chalk and cheese, Rupali is still the same,” he shared.

Sumeet was last seen in Wagle Ki Duniya – Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey.