Ask her what kept her away from the small-screen for so long and she says, "I don't like to do run-of-the-mill shows. As an actor the role should excite me. I just don't want to be a character standing in the background."
Two years after Adventures of Hatim, Nausheen Sardar Ali, best remembered as Kkusum, is all set to make a comeback with Gangaa. The actress will essay the character of Rahat, the savior of a distraught and pregnant Gangaa (Aditi Sharma) who is thrown out of her house. Nausheen says, "I am doing a cameo, but it's a strong and prominent role. That's what excited me. She sees herself in Gangaa as she has gone also through similar experiences and doesn't want her to make the same mistakes. Also, the fact that I am playing a Muslim character for the first time and will be wearing beautiful salwar kameezes keeping my hair open interested me. Being a Muslim I have only played Hindu characters so far." Her role requires her to teach Judo and Karate to young lost women whom she gives shelter in the serial. That, however, is not difficult for Nausheen to learn as she is a sporty person. "Sports and fitness are my passion. Every day I am working out, do kickboxing and cross fit training either in the morning or in the night," she says.
Ask her what kept her away from the small-screen for so long and she says, "I don't like to do run-of-the-mill shows. As an actor the role should excite me. I just don't want to be a character standing in the background." Nausheen, who made her debut with KKusum, followed it up with Kaal Chakra. She also anchored some shows in between. In 2007 she moved away from TV and forayed into films. "I did five films, but only two released. I realised I had wasted my time," says, Nausheen who returned to TV with Beend Banunga Ghodi Chadunga in 2011. The serial, however, didn't do well and she was next seen in Adventures of Hatim. "I was supposed to do another show last year, but the makers kept delaying it. And since I liked my role in Gangaa, I took it up," she says.
When asked if TV has changed over the years, she says though the makers are trying, things haven't changed much. "Even today, a heroine has to suffer, otherwise the show won't work!" What is her take on the trend of shows with naagins and black magic? Will she be a part of such a show? "Are you crazy?" she retorts adding, "The other day I was joking that I can play a fly and give voice over from a vacation in Mauritius."
Recently, she was in the news for her break-up with actor Raahil Azim, but Nausheen says, "It happens to everybody. Why do people make a big deal about it when actors go through it. It's life, it happens."
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