On Her 55th Birthday, Ramayan's Sita AKA Dipika Chikhlia Hopes People Remember Her For More Than Just This Role
Dipika Chikhlia who played the iconic character of Sita in Ramanand Sagars Ramayan in 1987 is still getting all the love from her fans. The shows re-run on Doordarshan which not only topped the TRP charts but also won the hearts of the audiences once again. The actress has turned 55 and she hopes that when she is gone people remember her for more than just one role.
Dipika Chikhlia who played the iconic character of Sita in Ramanand Sagar¡¯s Ramayan in 1987 is still getting all the love from her fans. Thanks to the show's re-run on Doordarshan which not only topped the TRP charts but also won the hearts of the audiences once again.
Dipika Chikhlia is celebrating her birthday today. The actress has turned 55, and she hopes that when she is gone, people remember her for than just one role.
"When I am no more, my body of work shouldn¡¯t only be Ramayan, it should be much more. The movies I have done in Kannada or in Bengal, all of them have broken records. I should have a good body of work in Hindi cinema apart from Ramayan. It is important for me to do that, for my own satisfaction that I lived the legacy of Ramayan," she told Hindustan Times in an interview.
For the unversed, Dipika was also a part of Ayushmann Khurrana starrer Bala.
She celebrated her birthday at home with her family. Apparently, her daughters baked a cake for her. Recalling the days when she was part of Ramayan, she revealed she used to get a lot of bouquets on her birthdays. "My mother even scolded me because the house was full of flowers," she was quoted as saying by Pune Mirror.
Deepika played the romantic lead of Rajesh Khanna in two films, Ghar Ka Chirag and Khudai. She was also a part of Rupaye Dus Karod.
Garima Satija leads the Entertainment vertical of Indiatimes. A storyteller at heart who enjoys the thrill of writing, she is sometimes found daydreaming about living the lives of movie characters. Also, she hates talking about herself in the third person.
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