The year 2025 marks three decades since Ektaa entered the entertainment industry. In a new chat with Ranveer Allahbadia, Ektaa shared that the form was not always great as in 2008 she had the worst year in her professional career. Ektaa Kapoor has established herself as a name to be reckoned with in Indian entertainment. In a journey that has spanned from TV to films and eventually OTT, she has been everywhere.
Some of the iconic Television shows that Ektaa has created include Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii, Kasautii Zindagii Kay, and Pavitra Rishta. She recently produced the reality television series Lock Upp through her production house, Balaji Telefilms. Season 2 was announced a few days ago.
That year was really bad for me professionally. But the COVID time affected me the most mentally. Even though I didn’t give birth to my son, I had postpartum of my own. I was grappling with motherhood. I had never been stuck at home for so long, and I had never seen so much death around me.
During the interaction, when Ranveer asked what happened in 2008, Ektaa said, “2008 was the worst year for me career-wise. 2021-2022 was mentally the toughest year for me, and 2008 was the toughest professionally.” Because nothing was going right for me, that one year was very strong. Because i was not able to grapple with that, mental health wise it was bad.
