MUMBAI: Actress Shruti Seth rose to fame for her role as Jiya Malhotra in Star Plus's comedy series Shararat. She ventured into more prominent film roles later in her career, having made her debut in 2003 with Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II. The actress has played supporting roles in films including Fanaa (2006) and Slumdog Millionaire (2008). She is currently seen in ALTBalaji series Mentalhood.

While talking to a media portal, Shruti dismissed accusations of trivialization of the concept of motherhood in her latest series.

'Agreed that since it only speaks about the high-end SOBO (South Mumbai) folks, I am unsure about the reach of the show. But having said that, parenting is a universal phenomenon and the fundamental creed of doing what you think best for your child kicks in across all socio-economic statuses. For eg, all working women, be it a small firm secretary to the CEO of a big company, all go through the same angst of leaving kids behind at home. Then there is the toxic masculinity issue as well,' says Shruti.

'The same universal conflict would have been equally engaging, had the setting been more modest. Here we have just made it larger than life,' she adds.

Do such mundane issues matter in the face of the health emergency?

'At the crux, we all humans are selfish, and we don’t get perturbed about things until it directly affects us. We might comment on it on social media, but our life does not stop,' says Shruti, who is also doing Star Plus show Dil Jaise Dhadke… Dhadakne Do. She also played a feminist Major in recent Amazon series The Forgotten Army – Azaadi Ke Liye.