Throughout the Coronavirus lockdown, Sanya Malhotra showcased a different side of herself to her fans through social media. Like many others, the actress, too, plunged into the popular Kokilaben-Gopi Bahu funny video series. From Rasode mein kaun tha? to Aaj pohe banenge, she grabbed a lot of attention for her acting chops in the hilarious short clips she shared on Instagram. In fact, her fans kept asking her for more of these.

Talking to BT about it, Sanya said, “First of all, I don’t think I am funny, so it’s a compliment when people say that I am.” These videos helped the Badhaai Ho actress to divert her attention from her finger, which got fractured due to an accident at home. She said, “When I came home after the surgery, my ex-roommate Harshita moved in with me, as I was all by myself. Earlier, when we used to stay together in an apartment with a few others, we used to make a lot of such funny videos. I just wanted to get out of the mood I was in. We found this show (Saath Nibhaana Saathiya) online and found a few audio clips and thought, let’s just shoot it for fun. The concepts were very random, we just did mad things on camera and uploaded it.”

With such a positive response to her funny videos, is Sanya hoping to do a comedy film anytime soon? “Of course. I don’t want to restrict myself in a box. I want to do a dance film, a comedy film, I want to do work that will require me to prepare a lot for a particular role. I want to do films that will put me in an uncomfortable zone, and push me to work hard for it,” she replied.