“Celebrating women who cannot be put in a box is always fun. As actors, we don’t judge the characters we play; it becomes all the more fun when the audience doesn’t, either. Meher was a unique part — imagine a woman who has lived half her life according to what should be, rather than what is. Her attempts to fit in clearly didn’t work. [Then on,] it was liberating to portray her.”

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While her character may not have found the happy ending she sought, Shukla says her biggest win was that she stayed true to herself. “She got clarity after a life full of confusion. There is courage in her vulnerability. That’s what she stands for.” More about Four More Shots Please: A part of the Joyeeta Patpatia-directed season was shot in Italy.

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Shilpa Shukla has been nominated in the Best Supporting Actor (Female): Series category for Four More Shots Please S03. The other nominees are:

>> Aishwarya Sushmita (Khakee: The Bihar Chapter)
>> Bani J (Four More Shots Please S03)
>> Neena Gupta 
(Panchayat S02)
>> Rytasha Rathore (Masaba Masaba S02)
>> Tillotama Shome (Delhi Crime S02)

There are 16 categories that the public can vote in. Log on to www.radiocity.in/hitlistott to cast your vote.
Voting lines close on February 22.