Anita Hassanandani and Ekta Kapoor have shared a very old professional and personal bond. The actress spoke about it in an exclusive interview with Siddhaarth Aalambayan on Hauterrfly’s The Male Feminist. Anita opened up about the empowering bond that she shares with producer Ekta Kapoor and praised the latter for being a creative genius. Read on to know more about this.
Anita Hassanandani On Bond With Ekta Kapoor
In an exclusive interview on The Male Feminist, when the host asked Anita about her friendship with Ekta Kapoor, the actress said, “She is a creative genius. She knows what she is doing, be it casting, be it story. She will make you believe stories that you strongly doubt, and when it translates on the screen, it just leaves you in awe and you will be convinced that Ekta is making sense.”
Anita Hassanandani recalled a scene from Kavyanjali and said, “There was a scene in the serial where we are at a cliff, and the hero is falling off but is saved by holding the mangalsutra, basically to show the power of it. When you read it on a paper, but the moment she narrated it and guided how it will be shot with all the background score, and when I watched the final product, it looks so fine.”
Anita also opened up about asking for work from Ekta Kapoor and said, “I share a level of comfort with her and there have been times when I have asked for work and she has given me. In friendship, it’s okay. It’s not about nepotism. If friends and family will not support then who will?”
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