Actor Divya Dutta is currently shooting for her next, Sharmaji Ki Beti, in Mumbai, and she’s glad that work has finally begun to function smoothly, even amid the pandemic. The actor feels that it’s the awareness about vaccination that has propelled things to go in the right direction. “It is a pleasure to be able to shoot and also go out without much fear now. I hope that there will be no third wave (of Coronavirus). It has actually been heartening to see people getting fully vaccinated. Whoever I meet, they have taken both the jabs, and that is so delightful. When you reach a set now, everyone is looking after you. So, somewhere, normalcy surges in,” shares the actor, who would be seen next in Dhaakad.

However, there is one thing that she misses on the set — not being able to greet her colleagues with a hug. “I miss that jhappi,” the actor sighs. “We have started doing elbow and punch hugs. But desi warmth ke bina incomplete lagta hai sab kuch,” laments the actor, who turns 44 today.

Calling herself someone who gets excited about birthdays, the Sheer Qorma actor quips, “The little child in me is always alive! I don’t always like to admit it, but I am very excited. I have never had a silent birthday. Last year, I was thinking it would be a quiet one, but I ended up with the kids in my residential building. One bestie came walking, another came on a bicycle, ” concludes Dutta.