Manisha Saxena bonds well with her Mann Sundar co-stars: Shivam Khajuria is the funniest on sets, I enjoy his sense of humour

Manisha Saxena plays the role of Ritu in Dangal TV’s ongoing show Mann Sundar. All praises for the title of the show, the actor feels it’s important for people to actually understand the meaning behind the words then this world would have been a beautiful place. She also feels that the concept and story is amazing which is why people like the show. However, she does not relate to her onscreen avatar in the show.

“I don’t connect much with Ritu's personality. It is completely opposite to mine. However I am enjoying playing because it’s quite fun to be someone who is nothing like you,” she says.

Enjoying her experience with the team, the actor adds that she bonds with everyone. “But to name a few, I would say I bond the most with Shruti Anand (Ruchita), Suraj Punjabi (Prateek Goyal), Shivam Khajuria (Nihar Goyal), actually everyone only (laughs). We all behave like a family. We fight, we have our own ups and downs, but we love each other at the end of the day. Shivam is the funniest on sets. I enjoy his sense of humour,” she adds.

The landmark in her career, according to Manisha, is Radha Krishna on Star Bharat. “I played a wonderful character in it. I look forward to more such challenging roles in future,” she says. And about her work experience with Dangal TV, the actor says, “I'm enjoying the treatment and everything here. I would love to work with Dangal TV once again. The way this is growing, I think a lot of senior actors and known actors are going to work with the channel soon. This is just the beginning. I wish the team luck.”

Manisha always wanted to be an actor. Her father, who is in the Air Force, wanted her to follow his footsteps. “I always told him that I will become everything but on TV. And I feel that’s the best part about the entertainment industry. You get to play so many personalities, and professions,” she continues, “My learning about the industry and the competition is that I was an outsider. I heard that it's easier to get work if you have good contacts in the industry. So it definitely helps you on some level. But it cannot get you work if you're not talented enough. Let's take Alia Bhatt for an example. She's very talented. We do not see the efforts, or hard work she puts behind taking a character to another level and making justice to the character. So it's the same with the TV industry, contacts will help us till some point but if you're not talented enough, then you won't be able to grow,” she ends.

Watch Mann Sundar, Monday to Saturday, 8:30 pm, on Dangal TV