Karishma
Tanna:
Television
actress
Karishma
Tanna
is
a
familiar
face
in
the
entertainment
industry.
She
debuted
in
Ekta
Kapoor's
popular
TV
serial,
Kyunki
Saad
Bhi
Kabhi
Bahu
Thi,
at
the
very
young
age
of
17
and
soon
became
a
household
name.
Tanna
then
went
on
to
act
in
several
popular
serials
and
shows
and
carved
a
niche
for
herself.
The
actor
recently
revealed
that
she
belonged
to
a
lower
middle-class
Gujarati
family
and
added
that
her
father
never
wanted
a
girl
child.
KARISHMA
TANNA
ON
HER
FATHER
WANTING
A
SON
In
an
interview
with
Siddharth
Kannan,
Karishna
Tanna
spoke
about
her
parents
not
seeing
her
face
after
her
birth
because
she
was
a
girl.
Adding
that
she
knew
about
this
later
in
life
and
decided
to
provide
her
parents
with
everything
a
son
might
have
given
them.
Speaking
to
Siddharth
Kannan
in
Hindi,
Tanna
said,
"My
mother
had
told
me
when
I
was
old
enough
that
actually
when
I
was
born,
my
dad
wasn't
happy.
Because
he
wanted
a
son
and
there
was
family
pressure,
like
typical
Gujarati
families."
The
Sanju
actress
further
added
that
her
family
thought
a
male
child
to
be
superior,
and
expressed,
"My
mom
had
two
daughters.
My
granddad
and
grandmom
used
to
give
us
second
hand
treatment.
It
made
me
strong,
I
will
show
them
what
a
boy
does
can
also
be
done
by
a
girl."
Karishma
then
stated,
"Jab
mai
pada
hui
thi,
meri
mummy
ne
ek
hafte
tak
mera
chehra
nahi
dekha
tha.
Mere
papa
ek
mahine
tak
dekhne
nahi
aye
hospital
me
kiuki
dusri
bhi
ladki
hi
hui."
She
said
it
broke
her
heart
to
know
that
her
father
never
wanted
a
girl.
Krishma
said
that,
"It's
not
that
my
father
didn't
love
me.
It
was
because
his
second
child
was
also
a
girl
and
family
pressure
was
there,
so
he
didn't
come
to
see
me.
But,
it
broke
him
also
from
inside.
Mujhe
oh
betiyan
pasand
hai
par
mai
apni
family
ko
kya
kahunga
She
then
added,
"Main
ladka
ban
k
dikhaungi
and
I
did
that."
Karishma
has
surely
proved
herself
more
than
a
son.
The
actress
will
soon
be
seen
in
Hansal
Mehta's
upcoming
web
series
Scoop
in
the
role
of
a
crime
journalist.
It
is
set
to
be
released
on
June
2
on
Netflix.