One of the striking faces on Indian television in the last 14 years has been that of Smriti Irani. As the role of the protagonist Tulsi Virani that she essayed in the mega-serial Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi on Star Plus, she became a household face and name.

Tulsi was the righteous daughter-in-law, wife, mother-in-law, grandmother and grandmother-in-law and the entire Virani parivaar depended on her for showing the way to go.