Quotes from Sudha Chandran

I started with light hearted comedies and good stories with real-life treatment; then TV went glossy, especially with the K-series.

I don't know if being stereotyped is good or bad. But, that is the trend industry follows.

I am keen on doing a comedy in a full-fledged positive role.

Being a dancer myself, I can understand the travails of youngsters performing in 'Magadheera.'

I have done good work in television and wouldn't want to mess it with a wrong move.

My bedroom is my favorite chill out zone, where after a hectic day, I sign off to land in my dreams.

I want to have tried at least once and got out of my comfort zone in Mumbai. I know that Hindi serials are waiting for me there.

If my journey encourages and inspires people to never give up trying to do what they really want to do, I will be truly satisfied.

With 'Crime Alert's first season, the channel gave me the opportunity and also pushed me to become a producer. That was something new that I explored.

The negative characters made me very popular but were getting too monotonous.

I have never been typecast.

People like you in negative roles, they want to see you only in negative roles and thus you get typecast. At the end of the day, what matters is whether the audience loves you or not.

Ekta Kapoor, the producer of 'Kaahin... ' once told me that you've got to keep breaking the mould to keep yourself in the game. Hence, I dare to do something different. For instance, after years of essaying flamboyantly dressed negative roles, I took on one of a demure singer in Zee TV's 'Sanjog Se Bani Sangini.'

I have a dance academy in Mumbai that my husband takes care of.

So even when I am not around for many, many generations, I will continue to motivate a lot of people... Wherever my soul would be, it will give me a lot of satisfaction that people will be talking about me and following me in their life.

My bindis were undoubtedly a fashion craze, but I was zapped to see a woman in Nagpur use a curtain ring to glam up her pallu, as I had done in 'KKR!'

Culture knows no boundaries.

Mostly we are addicted to television shows for two reasons; whether it's because we get to connect with the story-line as somewhat similar is faced by all of us, or otherwise it gives you something which is totally fictional, unrealistic but catchy.

Frankly, I would never like to write an autobiography because my life is an open book.

Along with my will power, it was my parents who stood by me like a pillar of strength in my most challenging phase of life.

My character of Ammaji in 'Solhah Singaarr' is that of strict matriarch who adheres to her values.

The BJP has a positive outlook towards the country and that is my philosophy towards life.

In my 10th exams, I stood first with 80 percent but instead of picking science for my further studies, I chose arts... just so that I could continue to dance.

I have been wanting to do a substantial role for quite sometime.