prachi desai

Young and restless

Prachi Desai tells Anil Merani that she will never be one to expose on TV owing to her good upbringing.

The most common image that comes in mind when you think of a 17-year-old girl is that of a babe studying in college and spending time with her friends. However, Prachi Desai who plays the lead role of 'Baani' in Zee TV's Kasamh Se, is totally opposite to that image. While girls of her age frequent malls and cafs, this Gujju chic is working long shifts non-stop to keep her viewers entertained.

Would you tell us something about your background?

I come from a close-knit family in Gujarat, which includes my folks and elder sister. I completed my schooling from there and later on, came to Pune for higher studies.

How did you land up in Mumbai?

I was studying in Pune and had almost finished my junior college. It so happened that one day I came to know about this audition Balaji was having for Kasamh Se. I casually walked in and auditioned. What followed was a call from the production house and I was here, in Mumbai after spending one and a half year in Pune.

That means you left your studies incomplete?

Yes, I had no other option. Either I could complete my studies, or I could have pursued my dream – of becoming an actor.

Don't you think you are making a mistake by not completing your studies before leaping into Tellywood?

That's true, but then acting is my passion. I do intend to at least complete my graduation though. It would not be in physiology (which I wanted to do earlier) as I would have to do some simpler course given the fact that it would be through correspondence.

You are playing the eldest of the three sisters in Kasamh Se, when actually you are the youngest of them all!

Yes, it's funny, but you know how television works. The three of us really gel well; we have loads of fun on the sets. We are like sisters only.

How different are you from your character 'Baani'?

'Baani' is a very serious and responsible girl for whom her sisters are everything, I on the other hand, am a very care free girl. A happy-go-lucky teenager.

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