Hansika Motwani on capturing her wedding drama on a reality show

When we watched the first episode of Hansikarsquos Love Shaadi Drama we kept recalling Hansika Motwani as the child star we all knew through TV shows such as Shaka Laka Boom Boom or from the movie Koi Mil Gaya with her cute fringe and adorable laughWell she is all grown up now And is marriedThe showmdashwhich traces the joys and trials and tribulations that came up as Motwani got married to entrepreneur Sohael Kathuriyamdashis smartly done with the right amount of drama in a fun Sindhi household candid moments and romantic overtones And though the weddingrsquos in the forefront the stars of the show are undoubtedly Hansika and her doctor mom MonaThe actress who started her career as a child artiste calls Mona her backboneldquoWe never thought that lsquoOh itrsquos on OTT so we will have to be a certain wayrdquo says the mother of the bride ldquoIt was the truth and why be afraid of the truth We are showing who we arerdquo Hansika smiles naughtily when she says ldquoThe reactions have been like lsquooh this was a bold moversquo and I am like lsquoThatrsquos mersquo I am very happy with the response Itrsquos called a reality show and itrsquos really our lsquorealityrsquo And I am very comfortable in front of the camera When I see the episodes I realised that no one has seen me like this I am this child at homemdashpampered I knew that I didnrsquot want to sanitise itmdasheverything had to be honestrdquoHansika does have the fan following of a bonafide starmdashshe is a big name in the Tamil and Telugu industries with movies such as Singam 3 and Villain her 50th film Maha released last year With the OTT show the Bombay girl is now grabbing eyeballs in the Hindi movie industry too ldquoBut I have never felt that gap in language Even though the South has accepted me so beautifully I am a Mumbai girl Thanks to social media the gap in stardom found in regional language movies has been bridged years agomdashthey fans have seen me online and they know what I have been up tordquoBut the Hindi speaking OTTbinging audience could be discovering her for the first time ever and Hansika is glad ldquoYes I am glad so many more people will be watching me now If I do a Malayalam film there will be new fans Any kind of new audience is welcomerdquoDid the bikeriding Monaji as she is fondly called have any wise words to impart before the show began Mona has been in charge of Hansikarsquos flourishing career for the past two decades Hansika laughs ldquoMom came to me and asked lsquoDo you want to do itrsquo The whole idea came about because I have such a big warm fan following in the South I was happy I was getting married and I wanted to share my wedding with my audience I canrsquot call all of them over so this was the next best thing Mom agreed and supported itrdquoAnd what about her own participation Though Monarsquos swag rivals any actorrsquos she says ldquoI am a little shy and not comfortable but I can do anything for my family and so I didrdquo Hansika recalls talking to her mother while she was on a trip to Ladakh and was surprised to hear that Mona was on a motorbike ldquoI thought lsquooh my godrsquordquo says the daughter ldquoAnd thatrsquos where the makers picked the idea to include in the show Mom says ldquoI just want to enjoy lifersquordquoThere have been a few controversiesmdashsuch as Kathuriya being formerly married to Hansikarsquos friendmdashand the star has addressed the prickly issues on the show too The mother and daughter argue that they have nothing to hide and that the truth was out there for everyone to see ldquoAs mom said lsquoHamne kuch galat nahin kiya Toh hum kyun dareinrdquo says the actress who has seven more projects lined up for release in 2023 ldquoThe show is going to be good for Hansikardquo Monaji signs off ldquoThese days it doesnrsquot matter whether you are married or not What matters is your discipline and how involved you are in work Hansika has been doing this for yearsmdashshe is going to continue doing a great jobrdquoAlso ReadDirector of The Romantics on exploring the evolution of Hindi cinema