Medha Sambutkar is an Indian Television actress who is very popular among the households of India. She plays the character of Kaveri Singhania in the serial “Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hain” produced by
Rajan Shahi
. Yeh Rishta is one of the longest running serials of Star Plus that airs at 9:30 pm Monday to Friday. It premiered on 12th January 2009. She is commonly known as “Bhabhimaa” in the serial. She has a positive role, and is the female head of the family. She tries to keep the entire family tied together and is a very good saas (Mother-in-law). Rajan Shahi is known for giving chances for new actors in his series. Medha feels proud that her serial is still one of the top serials on TV even after five long years.
Medha plays a role, which is more than her age and she says she doesn’t mind doing that. She attended various award ceremonies organized by Star Plus and other Channels. Few times she was seen showing her Jalwa on the stage also. She is one of the most respected women on the sets of the serial Yeh Rishta. Medha has a very down to earth personality and always speaks to her fans and audience with reverence. She feels her success today is all because of the love she got from her fans. She has a few fans registered on blogs like India-forums etc. Medha has given many interviews till now and she told that the entire cast of Yeh Rishta is like one big family of hers. Getting candid in one of the interviews, when asked about what she thinks about other saasus she reveals that she doesn’t feel competitive against other mother in laws and she seriously hopes the worthy to win. Bhabhimaa and Gayathri of the serial were inspirational to many other mothers in law of the country, who tried to change their customs and believes. It is true that Yeh Rishta could bring out a change in customs of many lower middle class families in India. She shared her thoughts on this by saying, she feels extremely blessed to be a part of such change and hopes to entertain the viewers in the future too. She doesn’t have any plans of doing new shows as of now, and wants to concentrate on Yeh Rishta alone. She also adds saying, may be after Yeh Rishta goes off air, she would think of working in any new project if something good comes along her way.