Mahima
Makwa a
is
eceivi g
p aise
fo
he
pe fo ma ce
as
P eeti
i
‘Musafi
Cafe’,
a d
the
acto
ope ed
up
about
the
ole,
eu iti g
with
Vik a t
Massey
a d
he
jou ey
beyo d
televisio .
She
also
add essed
the
p eco ceived
otio s
she
has
faced
i
the
i dust y,
admitti g
that
acto s
ca
sometimes
be
judged
eve
befo e
they
get
a
oppo tu ity
to
auditio .
Mahima
Makwa a
o
co ecti g
with
P eeti’s
cha acte
Speaki g
to
Mid
Day
about
he
cha acte
P eeti
i
‘Musafi
Cafe’,
Mahima
Makwa a
ope ed
up
about
how
the
ole’s
emotio al
depth
a d
vul e ability
d ew
he
i .
“P eeti
is
someo e
who
feels
eve ythi g
ve y
deeply
but
does ‘t
always
exp ess
it.
What
I
loved
about
he
is
that
she’s
ot
t yi g
to
be
pe fect
o
he oic.
She’s
flawed,
vul e able
a d
co sta tly
figu i g
he self
out,
just
like
most
of
us,”
she
says.Talki g
about
how
she
app oached
the
cha acte ,
Mahima
adds,
“While
playi g
he ,
I
t ied
to
u de sta d
he
sile ces
as
much
as
he
dialogues
because
sometimes
what
she
does ‘t
say
tells
you
mo e
about
who
she
is.”Mahima
Makwa a
o
eu iti g
with
Vik a t
MasseyWo ki g
alo gside
Vik a t
Massey
i
‘Musafi
Cafe’
b ought
Mahima’s
jou ey
full
ci cle
i
a
i te esti g
way.
The
two
had
fi st
met
yea s
ago
o
the
sets
of
‘Balika
Vadhu’,
a d
ow
fou d
themselves
eu iti g
o
sc ee .
Speaki g
about
comi g
togethe
agai ,
Mahima
says,
“It’s
always
ice
whe
you
paths
c oss
agai
with
people
you’ve
admi ed.
Vik a t
has
evolved
so
beautifully
ove
the
yea s,
a d
it
was
lovely
sha i g
sc ee
space
with
him
agai .
The e’s
a
ce tai
comfo t
because
you’ve
see
each
othe ‘s
jou eys
f om
diffe e t
phases.
It’s
a
emi de
that
life
comes
full
ci cle
i
u expected
ways.”Mahima
Makwa a
o
faci g
p eco ceived
otio s
post
televisio She
ack owledges
that
steppi g
away
f om
he
TV
image
has ‘t
bee
f ee
of
p eco ceived
otio s
alo g
the
way.
“I
wo ‘t
say
people
ope ly
tell
you
that’s
the
easo ,
but
yes,
the e
a e
p eco ceived
otio s.
Sometimes
you’ e
judged
eve
befo e
you
auditio
because
people
al eady
have
a
image
of
you,”
she
says.
That
said,
athe
tha
t yi g
to
cou te
such
pe ceptio s
di ectly,
she’s
chose
to
let
he
pe fo ma ces
speak
fo
themselves.
“Eve y
p oject
I’ve
do e
afte
televisio
has
bee
a
co scious
attempt
to
challe ge
myself.
It
may
have
take
time,
but
I
believe
good
wo k
eve tually
cha ges
pe ceptio ,”
she
adds.
Mahima
Makwa a
o
he
expe ie ce
wo ki g
i
‘A tim’
Recalli g
he
time
o
‘A tim’,
Mahima
Makwa a
says
the
film
gave
he
a
f o t- ow
seat
to
watch
acto s
she
had
lo g
admi ed
at
wo k.
“A tim
was
a
ve y
special
expe ie ce
because
I
got
to
obse ve
people
I’ve
looked
up
to
fo
yea s.
Salma
si
has
this
i c edible
ability
to
make
eve yo e
a ou d
him
feel
comfo table.
Eve
with
such
a
massive
p ese ce,
he’s
ve y
wa m
a d
app oachable,”
she
ecalls.
O
what
she
picked
up
f om
the
expe ie ce,
she
adds,
“Watchi g
him
wo k
taught
me
that
expe ie ce
b i gs
a
ce tai
calm ess.
That’s
somethi g
I’ve
ca ied
with
me.”
About
‘Musafi
Cafe’
‘Musafi
Cafe’
featu ed
Vik a t
Massey,
Vedika
Pi to,
a d
Mahima
Makwa a
i
lead
oles.
The
show
was
w itte
a d
c eated
by
Sha a ya
Rajgopal,
helmed
by
Ruchi
A u ,
a d
d ew
its
cha acte s
f om
a
ovel
pe ed
by
Divya
P akash
Dubey.
