From Stage to Screen: Ada's Theatrical Journey of Bringing Aageel to Life

MUMBAI : India’s most loved superhero, Baalveer, has made a comeback with Baalveer 4 exclusively on Sony LIV. Along with Dev Joshi and Aditi Sanwal, Ada, who plays the character of Himbaash Lok’s evil empress Aageel and will be reprising her role in the upcoming season.

Talking about her experience of portraying Aageel, Ada shares, “I’ve faced many challenges while playing the character of Aageel because it is not an easy task to portray her. As you know Aageel demands a very theatrical performance as she is a very impactful character. I feel grateful that my background in theatre was instrumental in the process of me bringing Aageel to life onscreen. Whenever you perform in theatres like Prithvi and NCPA, actors are taught to be loud and project their voices as the audience would otherwise not be able to register the dialogues. This practice has helped me immensely in my portrayal of Aageel as she is an angry character who projects her rage by screaming and shouting. Another practice that only theatre can teach you is that of compensating your lack of voice with your body language. Whenever I have a sore throat and I am unable to scream, I use my body language to portray Aageel’s anger and rage.”

“The process of developing the essence of Aageel was indeed a painstaking one as she is not a normal character. She is an angry and contriving character that requires you to delve into the darker shades of yourself as a human being. I spent around one to one and a half month trying to develop her essence. For around a fortnight, I sat alone in the dark and listened to Aageel’s track on repeat and for one entire month, I was advised not to interact with anyone so that I could develop an attitude of seclusion which was fit for a queen,” elaborates Ada on her approach of developing the character of Aageel.

Produced by Vipul Shah and featuring Dev Joshi, Aditi Sanwal and Ada in lead roles, the cast of Baalveer 4 promises to deliver an enchanting fantasy spectacle with more action and adventure.

Tune in to Baalveer 4 streaming from Monday to Friday at 7PM exclusively on Sony LIV!