Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) Actress Meghna Malik has shared a glimpse of her “intense behind-the-scenes prep” for her web series Sankalp, revealing how long hours in the makeup chair and painful prosthetics were part of bringing her character to life.
Meghna, who quipped that the role might not make it beyond the first season, took to Instagram and shared a video of herself giving long hours to the chair for getting her prosthetics done for the series.
She wrote in the caption: “This is when you know your character is gonna survive only SEASON ONE and there is no way leaping into the next.”
“One doesn’t have to work on lines or emotions as you have to play dead but ya preparation behind the scenes can be long hours sitting mostly still in the chair and painful #prosthetics …makeup…..#sankalp #webseries @jhadisha #meghnamalik #amazonmaxplayer,” she concluded.
Sankalp, which also stars Nana Patekar, Sanjay Kapoor, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub and Neeraj Kabi, is helmed by Prakash Jha. It explores how power is manufactured not through elections, but through mentorship and institutional control. Inspired by the ancient Chanakya-Chandragupta chronicles, the series reimagines political strategy for modern India, where classrooms replace battlefields and bureaucrats replace soldiers, as per the synopsis.
The actress shot to fame by playing the character of Ammaji in the show Na Aana Is Des Laado, which dealt with the issue of female infanticide and other atrocities against women.She also had supporting roles in several movies, including Chalte Chalte, Kuch Naa Kaho, Angrezi Medium, Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas, Taare Zameen Par and Selfiee.
In 2017, she was signed up to reprise her role as Ammaji in Laado 2. She quits the show in 2018, while the show went off air the same year.
She was last seen on the big screen in Heer Express, directed by Umesh Shukla. The film also stars Divita Juneja, Ashutosh Rana, Sanjay Mishra, Gulshan Grover, and Prit Kamani. The story centres on Heer Wallia, a young woman from Punjab who moves to the United Kingdom following the death of her mother.
