Monalisa Biswas: I have been wearing sarees since the age of 16

Actress Monalisa Biswas, who was last seen in the show

Ankahee Dastaan-Nazar

, loves wearing sarees. Be it for parties or even casual meetings, she prefers to go traditional. “I have lost count of the number of sarees I own," she says. "My mom owns more sarees than me... I was shocked recently to see the number of sarees she has and I felt like taking a few from her. But I am sure I too have more than 100 sarees,” she laughs.

Monalisa’s love for the Indian attire dates back to her childhood, when she grew up seeing her mother wearing sarees on a daily basis. “My mom wears sarees every day. A red bindi, lipstick and saree is what she is all about. When I started working at the age of 16 in a hotel, I would wear a saree. We were taught how to drape it perfectly,” she says.

It's not just for the look, she also finds it very comfortable. “I don’t have any problem in a saree. I hear many-a-times that people find it difficult to wear it to work. I can even dance freely in a saree,” she says.

Apart from the traditional style, Monalisa also likes to experiment with her attire. She says, "Depending on the occasion, I choose a saree and it could be chiffon or banarasi. But for parties the body hugging sarees are my favourite."

She remembers the time when during Durga Puja recently she styled a saree and people appreciated it. “I was in Kolkata this Durga Puja and I had draped my saree in a different way and people started wondering how I managed to do that," she says.