Kavita Awaasthi (HINDUSTAN TIMES; April 17, 2020)

Avika Gor, who started her career with the role of an 8-year-old child bride Anandi in the TV drama Balika Vadhu, is excited as her show is back on the tube due to Coronavirus lockdown.

Now, 22, the actor says, “Today, with social media, people will enjoy the performance of the younger me. I know parents, who have watched it earlier, will force their kids to watch it.” Gor was 10 when she shot for the show.

Ask her about the connect of the show with the new gen, and she says, “I don’t know what people like watching on TV these days, so I don’t know how much they will be able to connect now. In 2008, the show had a social message and people loved the drama. I loved being part of a show which is so iconic. When I shot for it, I was just having fun,” she says, adding that she’s “very emotionally attached to the unit, even today.”