Mahie Gill Talks about her favourite character in Mahabharat

Mahie Gill as Durgamati (Amazon Prime Video)
Mahie Gill stars in the 2nd season of the popular drama, Your Honor which also stars Jimmy Shergill, Gulshan Grover, the show is a remake of hit Israeli crime drama, Kvodo. Directed by E Niwas, Your Honor Season 2 premiered on SonyLiv on November 19.
Excerpts from the conversation
One commonly asked question, who is your favorite character in Mahabharata and if a series or movie is made on the epic which role would you do?
My favorite character is Arjuna because of his focus and determination at a very young age. He is the best disciple, a teacher could ever have. Arjuna is perhaps the only warrior in the Mahabharata who could match Karna's skills and strength. 
I also like Bhanumati, the wife of Duryodhana. She is my favorite female character because of her devotion as a friend towards Karna in the Mahabharat. I have read about her a lot in Amar Chitra Katha and other books. She was one of those ladies who was initially attracted to Karna's charm but gradually became a devotee friend of his. This friendship was of a devotee. If I were given a role, I would love to do Bhanumati or Draupadi.
One question regarding Bhanumati, she is often not much spoken about. Don't you think at that time, this is an oppression for women such as Bhanumati that time. She was a devotee friend of Karna but not vice-versa, does that mean only females were devotees of males?
I don't think so, the society at that time oppressed female. Bhanumati through her self was devoted to Karna and was his best friend. Even Krishna was a friend devotee of Karna, Yudhisthira too was devoted to Karna as a brother and they were males. Coming to the main question, why not vice-versa? Why not Karna is the devotee of Bhanumati? The reason is that the epic Mahabharata is Karna-centric. He is the main hero of the story so the story basically puts the center-focus on him. For that reason, maybe Karna is not the follower of anybody in the epic. 
But in actual scenario, Karna and Bhanumati must have been friends, not a devotee or something like that. 
Often questions relating to Bhanumati and Draupadi are asked whenever people talk of female oppression but unnecessarily these topics should not be related to today's female oppression.
You have voiced your fear of getting typecast before. Have things changed?
Initially, I was being typecast by only doing sensual roles. As an actor, I can do a lot more. I want to do different kinds of roles. But, there were only bold roles coming my way. With OTT, now there’s so much to choose from. I get 15 scripts and I can choose two that I like. People are getting a lot of work. I personally know great actors who were not getting work earlier, but now they don’t have a single day off. They have a source of income again because of OTT, so that’s very important.
Mahie Gill’s upcoming projects include Raktanchal Season 2 and a travel show.