I don't understand how to do it, so no point getting into it," Shefali told IANS. The actress is known for her roles in films like Satya, Monsoon Wedding and Gandhi, My Father, among others (less)

I don't understand how to do it, so no point getting into it," Shefali told IANS. The actress is known for her roles in films like Satya, Monsoon Wedding and Gandhi, My Father, among others (less)

I don't understand how to do it, so no point getting into it," Shefali told IANS. The actress is known for her roles in films like Satya, Monsoon Wedding and Gandhi, My Father, among others (less)

I can't do television serials anymore," Shefali told IANS. The 41-year-old, who started her career with theatre and then forayed into television, made her film debut with Rangeela, but was critically acclaimed for her role in underworld thriller Satya .

She then went on to star in films like Waqt: The Race Against Time, Monsoon Wedding, Gandhi, My Father, Black & White and The Last Lear , among others. She was honoured with the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Bengali director Rituparno Ghosh's The Last Lear .

Now the actress, who is married to producer-director Vipul Shah, is returning to theatre after a decade with a Hindi play Bas Itna Sa Khwab . "Theatre needs an immense amount of dedication and with my babies I couldn't give theatre that kind of time.

You don't compromise on theatre. So it was a conscious decision to say that if I can't give it complete time and dedication I won't do it.

I won't waste anyone else's time and energy," she said. "Also nothing so spectacular was offered to me in all these years, so that was another reason to wait for sometime before doing a play again," she added.

Bas Itna Sa Khwab is the Hindi version of famous Marathi play Dhyani Mani , directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni. It also stars Kiran Karmakar in a pivotal role.

"It's a landmark play, it's a benchmark play and it is one of the finest roles an actress can ever ask for," she said. When asked of the mother of two, what was more challenging -- theatre, television or films, pat came the reply: "Theatre is most challenging.

"There are no retakes, no flash backs and no voiceover. There you need to have a magnetic quality to hold the audience for those two hours.

What carries you across in a play is your voice, your conviction. Theatre is very exhausting.

" So in all these years, has she witnessed a change in the theatre industry? "I don't know about the changes in theatre but I can see a change in myself. When I started theatre, I didn't know things.

I was completely inexperienced. I was following my directors, my seniors but now I use my experience to do my role and I interpret the character myself," said the actress.

Apart from the play, Shefali will be seen in her husband's production venture Kuch Love Jaisa . Directed by Barnali Shukla, it also stars Rahul Bose and Neetu Chandra and will be released in January next year (less)

I can't do television serials anymore," Shefali told IANS. The 41-year-old, who started her career with theatre and then forayed into television, made her film debut with Rangeela, but was critically acclaimed for her role in underworld thriller Satya .

She then went on to star in films like Waqt: The Race Against Time, Monsoon Wedding, Gandhi, My Father, Black & White and The Last Lear , among others. She was honoured with the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Bengali director Rituparno Ghosh's The Last Lear .

Now the actress, who is married to producer-director Vipul Shah, is returning to theatre after a decade with a Hindi play Bas Itna Sa Khwab . "Theatre needs an immense amount of dedication and with my babies I couldn't give theatre that kind of time.

You don't compromise on theatre. So it was a conscious decision to say that if I can't give it complete time and dedication I won't do it.

I won't waste anyone else's time and energy," she said. "Also nothing so spectacular was offered to me in all these years, so that was another reason to wait for sometime before doing a play again," she added.

Bas Itna Sa Khwab is the Hindi version of famous Marathi play Dhyani Mani , directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni. It also stars Kiran Karmakar in a pivotal role.

"It's a landmark play, it's a benchmark play and it is one of the finest roles an actress can ever ask for," she said. When asked of the mother of two, what was more challenging -- theatre, television or films, pat came the reply: "Theatre is most challenging.

"There are no retakes, no flash backs and no voiceover. There you need to have a magnetic quality to hold the audience for those two hours.

What carries you across in a play is your voice, your conviction. Theatre is very exhausting.

" So in all these years, has she witnessed a change in the theatre industry? "I don't know about the changes in theatre but I can see a change in myself. When I started theatre, I didn't know things.

I was completely inexperienced. I was following my directors, my seniors but now I use my experience to do my role and I interpret the character myself," said the actress.

Apart from the play, Shefali will be seen in her husband's production venture Kuch Love Jaisa . Directed by Barnali Shukla, it also stars Rahul Bose and Neetu Chandra and will be released in January next year (less)

Our reliable source informs, ??Sukh By Chance? will see the entry of Harsh Chhaya doing what he does best i.e.

playing the role of evil as Himmat bhai. Who comes across the family as a real estate investor and is the person behind Mehta family?s 3 Crore rupees fortune, but never faces the family.

? ?He always wanted the family to spend the money all together and fall in his trap so that he will later come in front of them asking Mehta family to repay his spend money through their nose, ? signs off the source. We contacted Harsh Chhaya and he confirms the news, ?Yes! I have worked for few days and I am going to enter the show soon but still there are some terms and conditions to be fulfilled and so I cannot divulge much information on it.

? Catch the entry of Himmat bhai in tonight?s episode of ?Sukh By Chance? at 9pm only on Sony Entertainment Television (less)

And to get a first-hand feel of her character, she decided to visit a jail. Dressed in a simple kurti and jeans, sans make-up and without informing either her director or her co-star Rahul Bose, she spent one day in a jail with an undertrial.

"It was unnerving, of course," she admits. "I wanted to be honest and absolutely non-judgmental towards him.

And in some time, I realised that we did share a common ground of what two human beings could possibly share. We talked of everything under the sun, including small things that matter such as the food in the jail," confessed Shefali.

After Satya and Monsoon Wedding, Shefali may have suffered a stereotypical fixture in Bollywood , but sure enough she wanted to break that mould and offer something realistic. "It's true that I wanted to challenge my past roles and come up with something fresh and exciting.

I so wanted to destroy my comfort zone and break free. Thankfully, I could do that with this film," adds a much-slimmer Shefali (less)