Anupamaa: Apara Mehta laments hateful trolling for playing Malti Devi; says people don't understand difference between reel and real

essayed the role of 's mother in the popular TV show . The actress played 's mom in the starrer TV show, produced by of Director's Kut Productions. Apara Mehta entered the show as Guru Maa, who taught dance to . She had a similar fate unlike but chose career over family, unlike . After getting back her son Anuj, Malti Devi turned against .

Apara Mehta has addressed the audience's reaction to the changes in her character... In conversation with TellyChakkar, the noted actress talked about how the audience loves the drama but hates the negative characters. Apara Mehta wonders and finds it questionable that the audience takes the drama in the serial so seriously.

As an artist, Apara says they perform the role to the best of their abilities. She does credit the audience for giving them fame but people don't get the smallest of things. She says that people need to understand that daily soaps are meant to be watched as a medium of entertainment. reveals she was never on social media.

But she joined after she joined starrer Anupamaa as Guru Maa or Malti Devi. At first, fans showered her with loads of love. However, as Malti Devi turned negative, people turned nasty and abusive. She got a personal attack for the character she has been essaying. "What bothers me is that people do not understand the difference between reel and real.

I receive good feedback 95 percent of the time but it is the other five percent who need to understand that I am playing a character in the show and that is not how I am in reel life," Apara says..