Talented and good looking Yukti Kapoor, who gained name and fame, courtesy &TV show Agniphera, is returning to the mytho space with new Star Plus show, Namah.
“Earlier, I was also part of Siya Ke Ram. But the big difference between both was that while in the latter I could behave a lot human, here I have to exude divinity 24*7 (she plays Goddess Laxmi),” says Yukti.
“The first thing producer Ved Raj told me was that you need to feel like a Goddess, acting comes secondary. Luckily, I was to imbibe the required Godly feelings courtesy the costumes and mannerisms by other actors on set.”
“Having said that, the biggest challenge is that we need to imagine all the swarg lok action, for there are no sets, only green paper Chroma backdrops”.
“Secondly, I really doff my hat to Mata Laxmi for being able to carry off those heavy saris and jewellery, which are much heavier than me. I often get a headache due to the same, after a long day at work. But as they say, no pain no gain.”
“The show has just started, but I am getting good responses, especially from the youth. This show that is our labour of love, is not only elderly-skewed, but rather, speaks to the whole family.”
Talking about the advent of Kalyug, which the show focuses on, Yukti says, “As Kali had foretold, a time will come when brother will kill brother. While I am quite a positive person in real life, I too have come across some very bad people.”
Since your character is the Goddess of wealth, do people on set jokingly ask you for free moolah?
“Yes, and I reply that if I am ever endowed with the above divine powers, I will go on the roof and distribute money to one and all. There should be no discrimination in the world; everybody should have a Lamborghini and a big flat.”
In closing, Yukti says that she is very happy to have got a chance to play diverse characters in her short career. “It is no mean feat in our typecast dominated casting, to shift to playing someone who never gets perturbed by anything after essaying a Dabang cop in Agniphera. I sure hope that some of Laxmi Mata’s stoicism rubs off on my real panicky self as well,” she ends.
