marathi film and tv actor sumeet pusavle is known for his performance in tv show balumamachya navana changbhala the actor is quite popular among his fans for his onscreen devotional character balumama in a recent exclusive interaction with etimestv sumeet pusavle spoke about coping up with the new normal and what he did to stay linked with the character during lockdownapart from this sumeet also shared what positive changes balumamas character brought into his life during the lockdownbalumamas character is always seen carrying a shawl on his shoulders a stick in his hand and a faita cap on his head and the actor said since it is difficult to wash all this on a daily basis the team is steaming all these items for his usetalking about the same sumeet said every time sanitizing and wearing masks has become challenging for us talking about taking major precautions on the set we are steaming balumamas ghonghdi shawl and sanitizing feta and kathi every day because its difficult to wash all these things again and again i personally carry a bottle of sanitizer with me and use it whenever its necessarycreating balumamas magic onscreen is now another task for the team sumeet said earlier junior artists used to be there when i used to create magic on set and we would shoot with the crowd in the background but now its not possible right now we have not come across any such scenes but in the future surely will there be changes and i wonder how i am going to do ittalking about personal hygiene he said i am taking precautions even after returning from the shoot when i return from the shoot i directly go to the bathroom take a shower and wash my clothes i do take steam every day and drink lukewarm water apart from that i do dusting and cleaning at my homeafter learning about the resumption of the shoot sumeet got excited he said when i got to know about the resumption of the shoot i was excited to be back on the set i was so eager to play balumamas character again after a gap of four months our director santosh sir gave us guidelinessumeet added we are following social distancing more strictly on the set it is as if we all already are corona positivetalking about maintaining physique like balumama he said my diet and fitness is a major part of my routine i lost 14 kgs for balumamas character so i have to stay fit no matter what i do suryanamaskar pranayam every day also a portion of good food is also necessary for my diet so i am trying to eat more healthy foodstaying connected with such a devotional character is important talking about the same he said to not break the link of my onscreen performance i watched old episodes of the series and read balumamas books i tried to be as much as connected with balumama even during the shutdown of