Shabana Azmi steps into Urvashi Sharma’s shoes for Zee TV’s Amma!

Shabana Azmi is all set to step into Urvashi Sharma's shoes for Zee TV's Amma: Ek Maa Jo Bani Lakhon Ke Liye Amma!

By Shweta Mahesh
Published: September 7, 2016 3:15 PM IST

The actress has done a similar role before in Vinay Shukla’s Godmother

Shabana Azmi is all set to make her presence felt on TV with Zee TV s 'Ek Maa Jo Laakhon Ke Liye Bani Amma’. Incidentally, Shabana was the first one to play a similar character in a film called Godmother some 16 years ago in 1999. The veteran actress will actually replace Urvashi Sharma, who was playing Zeenat till now. After the leap, Shabana will be the new Amma in the show. She sports a look quite similar to her film Godmother and has started shooting at Mumbai’s Filmistan studio. Also Read - Javed Akhtar talks about trauma of losing his mother at 8; says 'Life is a tightly written script, you can’t edit it'

This is Shabana’s second stint on TV as she has done a cameo in the first season of Anil Kapoor’s 24 season 1. She has appeared as a judge on the reality show Kaun Jeetega Bollywood Ka Ticket with Mahesh Manjrekar and Amrita Singh produced by Ekta Kapoor. With so many national and international films to her credit, Shabana is regarded as one of the finest actresses of Indian cinema. Amma, now has an ensemble cast of Ashmit Patel and Yuvika Chaudhary with many other popular actors from TV. Meanwhile, Urvashi is very happy that none other than legend Shabana Azmi who will be stepping in her shoes. She shot her last scene of Amma this weekend. In Godmother, directed by Vinay Shukla, Shabana got a lot of critical acclaim. She plans to recreate the same magic with her look and persona on TV. Also Read - Dabba Cartel: Sai Tamhankar in awe of Shabana Azmi's wit, and great sense of humour

Actress Urvashi Sharma aka Raina Sachiin Joshi has done Hindi films like Naqaab. She made her TV debut with producer Farhan P Zamma's and Asif Sheikh's Ek Maa Jo Lakhon Ke Liye Bani Amma (On Zee). When asked Urvashi says, "The leap is about to begin and I am supposed to look 60+ years old. We had several rounds of look test with couple of different makeup artistes but somehow I was not convinced with the ageing. It is difficult for someone who is in her late 20's to look in her 60's without prosthetic make up. In a television world for a main lead to do prosthetic make up every day is not possible at all as it takes too much time. So finally I requested Farhn,the producer of Amma that they should get someone from that age group and after a lot of resistance he agreed.” Also Read - Leo actor Vijay Thalapathy announces his political party in a surprise move; a look at celebs who have joined politics

She further added, "I am thankful to Subhash Chandra and Zee TV team who understood the whole scenario, usually in a finite series, the artiste don't change. But they all agreed and gave their approval on this decision. Though I am not physically present on the set anymore but my heart and good wishes will always be there for Amma."

So, how much you will miss the set and the cast? "They have become my family. In last few months I have spent maximum time with them more than my family. Television is tough and hectic but I enjoyed it. Now I can go to the set to meet them and not be bothered about getting drained emotionally. I can also have fun like others."

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ByShweta Mahesh
Published: September 7, 2016 3:15 PM IST