Maanvi: Sporting a hairless look was not easy

 Nia Sharma admits it wasn’t easy to go bald for Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai. “I remember I cried in front of my mom saying I don’t want to do something like this,” said Nia, who plays Maanvi in the Star Plus show. “But she convinced me. She said now that you have entered the industry, you can’t crib about things, just go for it. With her encouraging words, I gathered all my strength and just went for it,” she added.

Nia forayed into the small screen with Kaali-Ek Agnipariksha and was later seen in Behenein. However, it is her role in Ek Hazaaron Mein… that catapulted her to popularity. The current track shows Maanvi suffering from leukemia and Nia admits that the intensity of the role did have an impact on her personally.

“Initially, when it was revealed that my character suffered from cancer. The intensity of the role did leave a void deep within. With the bandana tied on my head and with the extremity I had to play out the emotions, I found myself in some other world. But now everything is sort of fine,” said the 21-year-old.

Acting happened to Nia by chance. She was pursuing her graduation in mass communication when she gave an audition for Kaali… and got selected. “If not acting, I would have been working as an intern in any of the media organisation,” said Nia, who wanted to be an anchor.

Posted on Sep 10 2012. Filed under Television. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry