They notice every minute characteristic- my bindis, earrings and the way I dress and deliver dialogues.

Whenever, I step out shopping, people come up to me saying they adore my portrayal of Sitara Devi. “They are the ones who sometimes even outshine lead actors. She adds that the woman portraying negative characters are the driving force of TV shows. It has given me immense satisfaction apart from huge popularity,” says Sujatha Akshaya.

Dhaniya and Kundan are childhood sweethearts, and hope to marry once they have attained maturity. I was initially sceptical but I feel fortunate to have embraced the character. With Mithun Chakraborty, Zarina Wahab, Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi, Agha. Sitara gets the job as prince Viraj Singh's bodyguard. While I was thinking of doing something on my own after quitting my radio job, I was offered this role as Sitara Devi. Sitara was born to be vishkanya, due to which her father Kuldeep tries to keep her away from evil forces, but fate brings her back to the place where it all started when her father gets reinstated as a ptotector of the royal family. But, now as Sitara Devi, the most loved vamp in popular serial Radha Ramana, she has tripled her popularity, and even she is amused by its acclaim, “I had never played a negative role or a vamp. However, she had never ventured into a negative character apart from a very small role as a vamp in the past. Sujatha Akshaya, the senior artist has numerous TV ventures to her credit including her seasoned experience as a Radio Jockey. She has been one of the most popular TV artists for over a decade, in various capacities - production on both radio and the small screen. And vamp roles have been beautifully portrayed on the telly, infact one can even call then the hot stars at par with movies stars! Bengaluru Chronicle reports on the beautiful vamps and their agendas! They are the driving force of a serial, a real motive with vengeance as their piece de resistance. In fact, vamps, outshine the lead characters in a typical daily soap. However, on the small screen, it is a completely different scenario, as women or the popular vamps rule till the end of the mega serial, which may take a year or many years on end. In the movies, the antagonist or villain is usually the male.

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