'Didn't Get A Chance', Ratna Pathak Shah Longed To Do Dramatic Roles Like Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil

Ratna Pathak Shah is one of the most gifted actors. She fits in any and every role she performs. In fact, she has aced comedy roles as well and one of the classic examples is her iconic character Maya Sarabhai. However, Ratna¡¯s plan wasn't this, she eyed and longed for big dramatic roles like Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil, but she never got a chance

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In an interview with TOI, she revealed,

¡°When I started my career in the early ¡¯80s, I would have done the kind of roles written for women--even the big dramatic roles that people like Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil did--but I didn¡¯t get the chance. I got 'Idhar Udhar', which I feel changed me and my attitude towards my life and work. I was very lucky that, in the long run, my so-called career panned out quite extraordinarily."

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Well as they say there is someone who has planned much better for you and one shouldn¡¯t lose hope on not getting what they have desired.

Ratna, who has come a long way in her career, even spoke about how she didn¡¯t get interesting roles in the initial time of her career,

¡°I just didn't get any interesting work for years. People didn't think I was worthy of being cast! But in a way, it turned out to be good for me because then I ended up doing television. That's kind of the first paying job I really got. I did a TV show, titled 'Idhar Udhar', which aired in 1984-85, and was a sitcom that was quite progressive. I thought that I would be doing dramatic parts--that's what one expects when they are young--and I got a comedy. I was completely unprepared but it was so exciting! We were all learning on the job. It was a wonderful introduction to comedy; it was still acting but in a completely different context.¡±

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We are glad that Ratna didn¡¯t lose hope. She finally got what she deserved!