MUMBAI: It won’t be wrong to say that sometimes a mother’s love obscures her objectivity. As it’s primal by nature, there are no limits when it comes to the love for one’s children. Hence, more often than not, mothers are blinded by love and tend to lose the objectivity when it comes to their children.

Sony Television Entertainment’s latest offering Punyashlok Ahilyabai depicts the legendary saga of the inspirational Ahilyabai Holkar, who challenged the 18th century societal norms, banished the gender boundaries and thereby paved a way for a new era of women empowerment with the help of her father-in-law Malhar Rao Holkar. While the show highlights the unique camaraderie between Ahilyabai and Malhar Rao, it also throws light on Gautamabai’s (Malhar Rao’s wife) deep rooted and enormous love for her son Khande Rao. Like any doting mother, she used to sometimes turn a blind eye to her son’s shortcomings. Interestingly, Snehalta Vasaikar who essays the role of Gautama Bai in the show resonated with her character as she herself is a mother and has been in tricky situations a lot of times.  

Sharing her thoughts on the same, Snehalta Vasaikar said, “Being a mother, I understand Gautamabai’s dilemma. We get so consumed by love for our children that sometimes we lose the perspective of what’s right and what’s not. Interestingly, motherhood actually became a point of commonality between me and my character and helped me understand her better. Although, she is a doting mother, but Gautamabai was not a short-sighted woman. Eventually she always realised that in order to do what’s best for her child, she’d have to take some strong and blunt decisions that may not seem very favorable at the moment. So, I do understand certain aspects of her personality and in some ways I can relate with her unconditional love for her child.”

Watch Snehalta Vasaikar as Gautamabai in Punyashlok Ahilyabai, every Mon-Friday at 7:30pm only on Sony Entertainment Television