Ashutosh plays the role of the tyrannical and misogynistic politician Gulab Singh in the play.
“Working with Ashutoshji was very scary in the beginning and eventually extremely comfortable. I genuinely learnt a lot from him and best thing was absolutely no ego hassles,” the actress said.
Gulki, on the other hand, has returned to theatre with “Purush” after a hiatus of two years and admits to having found the role of Ambika Bhagawat, a resilient social activist, extremely demanding and challenging.
“In my past experiences with theatre, I used to be completely immersed in the scene. I was apprehensive about coming across either aggressive or someone too timid, and achieving that balance was crucial,” said Gulki.
In a pivotal scene, Ambika is raped by Gulab Singh. Gulki recalled the the emotional state lasted till much later after the director yelled cut.
“At one point I broke down because I got into character and didn”t know where to stop. I could not get out of the scene even after the final shot was okayed,” Gulki said.
The Zee Theatre teleplay is now available on ZEE5.
–IANS