Bhansali offered me a very different role but that clicked :

When she was approached for the character 'Dhankor Baa' in the film, 'Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela', actress Supriya Pathak told its director Sanjay Leela Bhansali that she was already associated with a different image of 'Hansa' in the serial 'Khichdi', but he insisted on taking her in the 2013 film.

Bhansali said there was a certain look in her eyes which can be tapped to portray characters with evil bent of mind. "I think you suit the character Dhankor Baa the most," he told her.

Pathak was reminiscing while attending a discussion at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet here on Thursday.

She said she had not heard such a possibility to use her looks or thought in that way previously.

The character 'Dhankor Baa' in the 2013 film later turned out to be an important role of her career and she was thankful to Bhansali for that, she said.

Asked to compare between Dhankor Baa and Hansa, a little sloppy but adorable character having struck instant rapport with TV audiences, Pathak said, "I love acting and enjoy doing it the most. So, any genre is my favourite."
She said from 'Kalyug', 'Gandhi', 'Masoom', 'Mirch Masala' in her earlier days to 'Sarkar Raj', 'Wake Up Sid', 'Khichdi', 'Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela' in the later phase, "I had been approached for varied roles."
First, 'Instant Khichdi' had come during the IPL when the remote would be in the hands of the cricket crazy members of the family in evening hours, and secondly, the plot might have been a bit over-spiced than required, she said,