Vaidehi Parshurami is a talented Marathi actress who made her debut through Mahesh Kothare;s film ‘Ved Lagi Jeeva (वेड  लागी जीवा)’ 13 years ago. But, thereafter she did not receive much attention from Marathi film makers for the reasons best known to them. In the meanwhile Vaidehi, who is well educated, paid more attention on her other skills like Classical dance, to present herself a complete actress.

Vaidehi did receive some good offers from Marathi films like ‘Kokanastha’, ‘Vrundavan’,  ‘Zombivali’ and Rohit Shetty’s ‘Simba‘ in Hindi, where she played an important character of Aakruti Dave. And now,  Rohit Shetty has offered her the best suited role of Nafeesa in his debut Web series ‘Indian Police Force’. In this series Rohit has exploited her full potential as an actress. In this 7 episode series which was released this Friday on Prime Video, Vaidehi plays the wife of Zarar alias Haider a terrorist played by Mayaank Taandon.

Vaidehi has played this most difficult role with complete understanding at different stages, paying more attention on her emotions throughout this series in all the seven episodes. Her innocent character of Nafeesa is not aware of the real activities of the person she loves and whom she finally marries. But, when she comes to know his real face, she has plenty of scope to display her acting skills and she has done it with with full confidence.

It will not be surprising to see her flooded with more offers from Hindi, as she deserves it the most.  Rohit Shetty should be thanked for offering this talented Marathi actress the most important character in this web series, which is Rohit Shetty’s debut as a Creator and director on OTT platform.

MarathiMovieWorld spoke to Vaidehi to congratulate her on her wonderful performance in this series and she was more than happy to express her gratitude, being the most modest actress in this industry. When asked whether she was the first choice for this role, she politely said, ‘Could be’. Vaidehi’s next film Varun Narvekar’s ‘1234’ in Marathi is due for release.

Incidentally Vaidehi is not the only Marathi actress, who has been offered an important role in this series. The list is big, which includes another talented actress – Mrinal Kulkarni, who plays the mother of lead actor Siddharth Malhotra. Suchitra Bandekar, who plays Farida- the mother of Vaidehi and Sharvari Lohakare who plays the mother of terrorist who disowns her son, after coming to know about her son’s involvement in terrorist activities. Sharad Kelkar has also found an important role in this series, but he arrives in the concluding part. In short, Rohit Shetty has opened the doors for talented Marathi artistes on Hindi OTT platform.