After
an
extended
break
of
13
years,
Bollywood
actress
Shilpa
Shirodkar,
who
enjoyed
popularity
back
in
1980s
and
1990s,
thanks
to
films
like
Bhrashtachar
and
Kishen
Kanhaiya,
is
ready
to
bounce
back,
albeit
via
the
small
screen
route.
The
43-year-old
makes
an
unconventional
comeback
with
the
role
of
a
domestic
help
in
Zee
TV's
new
show
Ek
Muthi
Aasman.
The
show
itself
is
about
domestic
helps.
"I'm
glad
that
I'm
making
a
comeback
with
a
show
that
deals
with
such
a
strong
subject," Shilpa
told
reporters
on
Monday.
"The
TV
show
deals
with
the
troubles
and
tribulations
that
domestic
workers
go
through.
Also,
through
the
show,
we
want
to
change
the
mindset
of
people
and
tell
them
that
domestic
workers
are
also
human
beings
and
they
deserve
respect
and
love,"
she
added.
Shilpa,
who
bid
adieu
to
stardom
and
settled
in
London
with
husband
Apresh
Ranjit
in
2000,
plays
Kamlabai
in
the
show,
which
is
set
in
Mumbai.
"My
character
Kamlabai
is
an
ordinary
Maharashtrian
domestic
help,
who
works
to
run
her
house.
She
does
everything
from
cooking,
cleaning
to
washing.
She
has
a
son.
She
lives
with
the
dream
of
giving
a
better
life
to
her
child
and
seeing
him
well-settled,"
said
Shilpa.
She
promises
the
show
will
be
replete
with
"lots
of
twists
and
turns",
through
which
"viewers
will
get
to
see
the
ups
and
downs
that
a
domestic
worker
goes
through".
Shilpa,
who
also
has
a
nine-year-old
daughter
named
Anushka,
shared
that
back
in
London,
she
did
all
the
household
chores
herself.
But
now
since
she
has
made
a
recent
shift
to
Mumbai,
she
has
a
domestic
help
who
takes
care
of
her
house.
"I
got
married
in
2000.
My
husband
and
I
settled
in
London.
I
used
to
do
everything
-
from
cleaning,
cooking,
ironing,
getting
petrol
filled
in
the
car
to
washing.
But
now
I
have
a
maid
who
takes
care
of
things."
"Today
I
am
working
because
she
is
there
to
look
after
my
home
and
daughter.
There's
a
lot
of
love,
admiration
and
support
(for
her).
I
also
tell
my
daughter
to
be
thankful
to
the
maid
always,"
she
said,
adding
how
she
will
use
her
personal
experience
to
the
character.
With
no
films
in
hand,
the
actress
wants
to
give
100
percent
of
her
focus
to
the
TV
show.
She
said:
"I'm
an
actor.
I
don't
care
if
it's
TV
or
films...your
work
should
be
interesting.
I'am
excited
for
the
show
and
even
my
daughter
is
thrilled.
She
says
she
would
accompany
me
on
the
sets
on
weekends."
Ek
Muthi
Aasman
is
likely
to
go
on
air
mid-August.