A few months ago, Madalsa Sharma had got a pleasant surprise from her father-in-law, Mithun Chakraborty, who visited her on the sets of her TV show Anupamaa. He was shooting in Film City for a project and dropped by to surprise the actress. Madalsa says, “I had no idea that he was shooting in Film City and had planned to visit our sets. He and my mother-in-law (Yogita Bali) both decided to surprise me. I was so excited to see them. Everyone on the sets was very happy, too.”

On the show, Madalsa is playing a character with shades of grey, but she says she enjoys it. So, do her in-laws watch her show and what they do feel about the character she is playing? “My mother-in-law enjoys watching me on the show. She sees my character just the way I see it. I feel Kavya is independent and does everything possible to get what she wants. I feel that’s how we all are in real life, too, and Kavya’s role is very realistic. Both my parents and my in-laws like watching me. My husband (Mimoh), too, feels the same,” she says.

However, while at home, the family likes to talk about things other than work. “We totally cut off from the outside world and just focus on family and the things that we like to do when we are at home,” she says adding, “Yes, when I need any acting tips or suggestions, we talk about it, but apart from that, we don’t discuss work at home.”