Ek Thi Begum 2 actor Anuja Sathe: ‘People didn’t anticipate me to do such a powerful function’

Actor Anuja Sathe says the upcoming season of her net present Ek Thi Begum is stuffed with challenges for her character. Being a protagonist was a dream come true for Anuja, who is ready to reprise the function of Ashraf Bhatkar within the MX Original crime-drama.
“Every emotion that Ashraf carries has gone one notch higher. It has rather amplified. She’s more focused and will be combating a lot of new characters and new obstacles. It’s more dramatic and is going to be an action packed series,” Anuja advised indianexpress.com.
Ek Thi Begum 2 takes ahead Ashraf’s story who sheds her demure picture and picks up weapons to avenge the dying of her husband Zaheer, by the hands of his underworld rivals. After her plans have been foiled within the first season, Ashraf returns below the alias of Leela Paswan, vowing to overturn don Maqsood’s unlawful empire whereas additionally overpowering the underworld, cops, and politicians.

Anuja shared that it was about time that the tales of girls dons who dominated again within the day have been delivered to mild. “Underworld is a theme that was completely visualised around men, male dons. But there were so many women who had the courage to stand up against them and create their own empire in late 80s and early 90s. It was about time for people to know about them.”
Touted to be impressed from real-life incidents, Ek Thi Begum debuted in April final yr. Anuja claims she needed to put together to get into the pores and skin of her powerful function, that included studying how one can function a gun. According to her “firing a gun and saying your dialogues at the same time is difficult.”
“When you fire, you automatically blink. So my action master taught me some tricks. Initially it was bit clumsy but I managed later. I have an athletic body and I love watching action being performed by female actors. I’m lucky even I got to do that. I knew I’d be able to carry it off because of my body structure,” Anuja added.

Ek Thi Begum has Anuja not simply doing motion, however her Ashraf flaunts her bolder aspect too. She honey traps her enemies. So did the daring scenes deter her? Anuja stated she stands by the whole lot she does for her character. “When I accept a role, I do it with all honesty. Even if people don’t like it, after a point it doesn’t bother me. It’s more about the satisfaction I get after working on something I really wanted to. Yes there were certain reactions where people said they didn’t expecting me to do such a strong part because of a certain image they had in mind of me. But an actor should never be caged and allowed to explore. People categorise you, actors never categorise themselves. If they accepted me playing Radhabai in Peshwa Bajirao, a loving wife in Parmanu, or a Begum here, I’m sure they’ll accept me in any character I do.”
Anuja picked actor Resham, who performed a journalist as her favorite co-star from the present, together with Ankit Mohan “who played my beloved dead husband. We are still in touch,” she shared.

Anuja concluded by revealing what Ashraf has left behind in her after two seasons. She stated, “It made me realise that I’m as strong and determined as Ashraf is. In the first season, for showing Ashraf transition to a bar dancer Sapna, I met some the real life bar dancers. It made me realise I’m so fortunate to have such a safe upbringing. There was a sense of gratitude and self realisation.”
Ek Thi Begum 2 will start streaming on MX Player on September 30. Directed by Sachin Darekar and Vishal Modhave, the collection additionally stars Ajay Gehi, Shahab Ali, Chinmay Mandlekar, Vijay Nikam, Hitesh Bhojraj and others.