Overview

• Viewers accused her onscreen character of coming between Mihir and Tulsi, with reactions like “Mihir belongs to Tulsi” underscoring their emotional investment
• She played Dr. Mandira Kapadia in Ektaa Kapoor’s Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, whose extramarital affair storyline with Mihir Virani drew intense viewer ire
• Bedi first rose to fame as the title character in Shanti, India’s first daily soap on Doordarshan in the mid-1990s
• Within six months of Shanti’s success, she was cast as Preeti in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge after a call from Yash Chopra’s office arranged by Karan Johar
• Mandira Bedi said she deliberately took on contrasting parts—from a firebrand in Shanti to a naive belle in DDLJ and a vamp in Kyunki—to test her acting range