Rupali Ganguly to Sangita Ghosh: Female actresses seen in age-appropriate lead roles on TV

It’s a great time in the television industry where the female actresses are playing roles their age. On International Women’s Day, a look at female actresses, who are playing the lead roles and for them age is neither a number nor are they restricted to play side roles. Roles are actually being written around characters, who are owning and portraying their real age on-screen. Defying age, these actresses are convincingly playing lead roles on Indian TV and ruling it.

At the age of 44, Rupali Ganguly is ruling the television industry in and as Anupamaa. A show that is written around a middle age women going through personal crisis and finding an identity of her own. The character is strongly sketched, and it’s clearly audience’s favourite for the show continue to top the TRP charts. It aptly fits her and meant for her.

Sangita Ghosh, who is 45-year-old, is playing the lead role of Swaran in newly launched show – Swaran Ghar. After playing the role of Pisachini in Divya Drishti, Sangita made a comeback in a lead role after 2 years. Sangita and Ronit Roy play parents to three grown up men and the story revolves around the parents.

TV’s once leading bahu is still ruling hearts. Shweta Tiwari never fails to impress with her performance and dedication. At the age of 41, she is working dedicatedly on her fitness and it is inspirational. She perfectly portrayed the role of a middle aged unmarried woman in her 40s in Mere Dad Ki Dulhan.

First in Shaadi Mubarak and now in upcoming show Appnapan - Badalte Rishton Ka Bandhan, Rajashree Thakur is playing age-appropriate roles. In the upcoming show, she is paired opposite Cezanne Khan. The series explores lives of the lead protagonists after a failed marriage.

Telly actress Juhi Parmar played a strong and powerful character recently in the TV show Hamari Wali Good News. The show revolved around the middle aged couple, who are troubled by their son. Juhi convincingly portrayed as a loving mother-in-law, who conceives with her husband Mukund (Shakti Anand) as their son and daughter-in-law are unable to bear a child.

When Rajshree Thakur quit the show, Rati Pandey stepped in her shoes. Gladly, the makers chose someone, who closer to the age. Rati, 39, convincingly replaced Rajshree in Shaadi Mubarak as the middle-aged woman entrepreneur.

Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain revolves around two middle-aged couples. Shubhangi Atre, 40, has been successfully playing the role of Angoori bhabhi since 2016. It is all about when the casting and script is right and tight.