The series comes after a slew of eclectic projects from Madan, including her debut film Pataakha (2018), Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota (2018) and Kuttey. The actor, who was enjoying her TV stint with Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi between 2014 and 2016, remembers how her creative spirit made her try her luck at the movies. “One day, I was deeply involved in a scene. My director was pacing up and down, while I was trying to make a point about my character’s backstory. He got irritated and told me, ‘Radhika, the day we do a movie, we will discuss one scene for three days. We have to telecast [this episode] tonight. So, shoot it.’ That made me decide [to foray into movies]. Had that episode not happened, I’d still be doing TV,” she recalls. 

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It wasn’t easy to make people understand why satisfying the actor in her was more important than her popularity. “I was told, ‘You have such a good show. Why do you want to leave television and do films?’” Today, as she enjoys being a lead star in the movies, she remains indebted to television. “I found my calling because of TV, and never look down on it.”