Alka Kaushal: I'm a big fan of Salman Khan

Alka Kaushal who’s a name to reckon with in the entertainment industry also has a family background to boast of. She’s the daughter of veteran theatre artist Vishwa Mohan Badola and the older sister of small screen actor Varun Badola.
Alka has carved a a niche of her own in television by playing formidable characters such as Ragini’s grandmother in the serial 'Swaragini - Jodein Rishton Ke Sur' and as Raziya Gaffur Ahmed Siddiqui in the show 'Qubool Hai'.
On her recent visit to Kanpur she told us how cities like Lucknow and Allahabad have influenced her acting.
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Alka has mostly played negative character on screen and she says it’s not easy to play a vamp. “It requires a lot of hard work and home work to play a negative character. I derive my inspiration from negative news items and real life characters. I have spent my childhood in Allahabad and Lucknow and from the very beginning I used to copy the nakhras and adaayein of the ladies in my neighbourhood. This is how I mastered the ability of playing negative roles with complete finesse,” she says.
She recently got an opportunity to work with her favourite actor Salman Khan. “I don’t miss any of Salman Khan’s movies. I am lucky that I got a chance to act with him in this soon-to-release film,” gushes the actor who began acting when she was just a kid.
“I used to accompany my father to his theatre rehearsals. I don’t know when I developed an interest in acting but I started enjoying it and wanted to pursue it. But when my father came to know about my interest he told me categorically to complete my studies first. So, I went to Delhi and dabbled in theatre there and eventually moved to Mumbai,” says she.
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