For Anita, this adverse situation calls for introspection

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Making most of family time

* Theatre artist Anita and her husband, a national award-winning actor Hardeep Gill, are enjoying their time with the family.

* She says they had been working constantly for the past five years. This forced time off work is a good thing for them. They are spending most of their hours reading, cooking, doing household chores and enjoying the company of loved ones

Neha Saini

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, April 18

Actor and theatre artist Anita Devgan is having a great time during the lockdown. She feels that this is the time to introspect and make the best of the situation.

A popular face of the Punjabi film industry, Anita shares that there are a lot of things that she thinks about during these free hours that the lockdown has given them.

“As a child visiting a zoo used to disturb me a lot. Watching animals in the cage would hurt me. But now that we all are living under the lockdown, all those childhood memories have come to hit me hard. I think we all are feeling helpless like those animals in the zoo.”

An optimist, Anita and her husband, a national award-winning actor Hardeep Gill, are enjoying their time with the family. “Both of us had been working constantly for the past five years and we never really got our family time. So, this forced time off work is a good thing for us. We spend most of our hours reading, cooking, doing household chores and enjoying the company of our loved ones,” she says.

Also, Anita says she is making the most of this time taking care of her mother-in-law. “She is very old and I couldn’t spend much time with her due to work schedule. Now, I love cooking her favourite meals and even stitched a new dress for her.”

Before the lockdown, both Anita and her husband Hardeep were scheduled to travel to the UK for a film schedule. “Several film projects have now been delayed due to Covid-19 pandemic. Also, we were supposed to work together on a theatre production which may now get pushed further. But we are working on several scripts and researching for our debut home production,” says the actor.

She does have a message for all. “I believe in the concept of ‘chardi kalan’, turning every adversity into an opportunity. So I would suggest that only positivity will get us through this crisis. Also, always pray for those fighting on the frontline as they are the true heroes.”