![]() "I was, in fact, inspired by MS Bhaskar who would promptly come 2 hours ahead of schedule at 7.00 am every day and work with technicians. While Oonjal was her first Tamil TV serial, Master Mayavi, another comedy show targeted at children, made it on air first. It was a very absorbing story and not just written for the sake of episodes,” she adds. It explored live-in relationships and human emotions. Oonjal marked the television debut of SPB Charan, singer Shalini and Shylaja, and went on to run for about a year. There was always so much variety,” she shares. “He said, ‘Even if it is a story about a 60-year-old, if they are the protagonist, then the story is about them.’ This was how Balachander made his series. Shylaja distinctly recalls K Balachander’s response when she expressed her hesitation to take up the project because she was a mother to two children. My first Tamil serial was with Minbimbangal called Oonjal, directed by Sundar K Vijayan, where I played the role of a mother,” she says. “My first TV series was a Malayalam show called Sarthagam directed by Sushma Ahuja who would later go on to do Malini Iyer with Sridevi. I was super raw as an actor, which I can clearly see today,” she chuckles.Īctor Shylaja Chetlur, who is today an active personality in film circles, conducting cinema appreciation sessions and also applying herself behind the camera, began her journey in 1999 when she was 30 years old and mother to two children. “I wanted to hide myself when I saw the show. It was only several years later, when she recently got a call from a friend, telling her that the show was being re-telecast on TV, that she was able to see for herself the very place from where she started out. There were people watching me from below and with the way I performed, I thought I was a born actor!” she laughs. I remember I had to cry on the balcony for a scene that was filmed during the night. This, I actually mistook to be my fantastic acting skills. “They gave me this magic liquid called glycerin and tears rolled down my cheeks. But having done the series, Devadarshini tells us that she was bowled over by her own performance on the show.Īctor Devadarshini | photo courtesy: Instagram I was too young and had no previous experience,” she shares. At first, I was very reluctant to do the show. “Anchor Priyadarshini (DD’s sister) too was playing a role in the show and it was her mother who connected the team with me. The opportunity came her way when the show’s producer saw her photo that was published in Kumudham magazine. “It was a well written script,” she adds. The show aired for 13 episodes and Devadarshini filmed for about 15 days during her winter holidays in her final year of college. At just 18, Devadarshini played the role of a “meek and weak” working woman stuck in a bad marriage. ![]()
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