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Actress Divya Dutta On Chiraiya: 'Change Must Begin At Home To Break Patriarchy'
24htopnews | May 10, 2026 3:08 PM CST

The National Award-winning actor opens up on Chiraiya, her evolving craft, and why real change for women must begin within the family

It’s almost as if the ‘y’ in her first name is an add-on: Divya Dutta is no less than a Diva.

In her career that began all of 32 years ago as the heroine of the musical romance, , Divya started out as a leading lady, moved to supporting roles, did English, Punjabi, Telegu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Nepali films and TV serials and web series, besides authoring two books on relationships. Winning various awards also has become a regular habit, and her impressive tally is topped by the National Best Supporting Actress award for .

Divya has just played a whopper of a protagonist in the web series, . She is Kamlesh, an uneducated daughter-in-law who awakens to a cruel reality in her household and forges a unique solution to change its conditioned perception of womanhood.

We begin our talk with this critically-acclaimed show and her performance in it.


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