Tejasswi Prakash dons a 21-kilo attire for her upcoming show

Tejasswi Prakash wears a heavy lehenga in Pehredaar Piya Ki.

Updated on May 10, 2017  |  09:40 AM IST |  10.7M
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Actress Tejasswi Prakash who will be seen in Sony Entertainment Television’s upcoming show Pehredaar Piya Ki is making sure of getting into the skin of the character to fit the sequence and bring life to the character. 

Currently shooting in Mandawa, Rajasthan, the actress is leaving no stone unturned in doing justice to her character. Be it shooting in the scorching heat or donning heavy attires, the actress is doing it all. Tejasswi is currently shooting in the dessert donning a lehenga which weighs 15 kilos. Adding onto it, an additional jewelry of seven kilos is something that the actress has to also wear for getting into the look of the character rightly. The actress took to Instagram to post a live video revealing her look and also shared a snap detailing about the same. 

Tejasswi plays a royal character on the show, takes time out during breaks and indulges herself in reading which includes reading books and biographies of Rajasthani princesses.

She adds, “To seek inspiration, I researched and read several stories and books on the queens of Rajasthan, these include Rani Padmawati of Chittorgarh, Queen of Chittor, Maharani Gayatri Devi - the Rajmata of Jaipur, Mirabai - Queen of Rajasthan, Indira Rane - Maharani of Cooch Behar, Maharani Sita Devi Sahib of Baroda. Out of the shortlisted books, I am currently reading Rani Padmawati of Chittorgarh and plan to get my hand on other books as well as I love reading.” Pehredaar Piya Ki is the story of an unusual marriage between a nine-year-old boy, Ratan Harshvardhan Singh (played by Afaan Khan) and an 18 year-old girl, Diya (played by Tejasswi Prakash). Diya sacrifices her own dreams and gets married to Ratan to be his protector.

The cast is currently shooting in the part of Mandawa which is a part of the Shekhawati region.

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