Ankita Lokhande, who played Archana in Ekta Kapoor’s popular serial Pavitra Rishta will soon be making her big screen debut in Kangana Ranaut’s Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi as Jhalkaribai. In an interview given to a leading daily, Ankita spoke about how TV shows continue to portray the same image of bahus even after so many years. Ankita played the role of Archana for six years and later took a hiatus from the show. However, nothing much has changed on the TV circuit feels the actress.

On being asked whether she feels that a lot has changed on television from the time she played a bahu on the small screen, Ankita said that she doesn’t really know! “I feel that from the time we had Smriti Irani portraying the bahu in Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi to Pavitra Rishta to now, TV continues to portray the bahu in the same way. Nothing has changed in the last two decades, because the audience enjoys such saas-bahu dramas. Even today, people relate to me as Archana," shared the actress.

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However, Ankita was quick to give credit to her stint on TV and said that whatever she has achieved today is because of her serial Pavitra Rishta, but is not looking to go back to television. The actress said that she wants to explore more and wants people to see a different side of her which she can fulfill only by doing films and that it was a childhood dream of hers to work in films. Ankita was also asked that the notion that TV actors take longer to get into films is true or not, she refuted it by saying that today’s films are more about content, actors and good scripts. “People who are not from the industry are doing good for themselves, so that notion is wrong," said the actress.

Besides, Ankita there are quite a few TV actors who are making their Bollywood debut soon. Mrunal Thakur and Nandish Sandhu will be seen opposite Hrithik Roshan in Super 30 and Mouni Roy is making her debut in Akshay Kumar’s Gold.