Veteran actress Himani Shivpuri, who started her career in showbiz with TV show Humrahi over 25 years ago, feels the small screen has not explored much in terms of roles for women. Unfortunately, our industry has still not moved out from that 'sati-savitri' zone. We should create more shades for our women in TV space than just giving them those typical roles," Himani told IANS over phone.

Himani said the Indian television industry has "still not evolved completely" when compared to the film industry. "Look at films like 'Raazi', 'Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi'and 'Padmaavat' .. women in our film industry have changed the whole scenario. They are no less than our male actors... they have shown the real power... what a female actress can do on-screen. But in TV, you will rarely see such roles for our women. So, more strong roles for women should be made on TV too."