from theatre workshops in her childhood days to being a household name owing to her smallscreen ventures ushasi ray has come a long way when we congratulated her on being calcutta times most desirable woman on television 2020 she was ecstatic and shared all her excitement with us excerptshow special is it for you to top the calcutta times most desirable woman on television 2020 listi wasnt expecting this i am extremely happy and want to thank calcutta times for this honour what qualities do you think make you desirablei wouldnt know who desires me but i seriously would like to know that laughs but maybe my dedication discipline and honesty towards my work make me desirable what qualities in a man will make him desirable to youhis sense of humour and intelligence i do like people based on how they conduct themselves what answers they come up with and whether they can make me laugh hearing them speak i get attracted to their thought process how has your journey been so far in the industryits a common and wrong notion that once you get a break your journey becomes easy there was struggle before and there are challenges even now my profession is demanding i need to prove myself every moment i feel extremely lucky to have bagged good roles in tv serials like milan tithi bokul kotha and kadambiniwho do you think are the most desirable men and women in the countryshah rukh khan is in a different league altogether i also like ranbir kapoor for his looks and acting ayushmann khurranna enthralls me with his intelligent script selection and his exciting journey from being a tv host to an actor among women its kajol tabu and deepika padukone kajol is my alltime favourite for her nononsense attitude i started admiring tabu after i grew up to understand her depth of work deepika is a role model for her acting skills personality and the dialogue she opened on mental health who do you owe your success toits definitely my parents without them i am nothing has there been a shift in your ways or perception since 2020 the pandemic yearthe year 2020 reaffirmed the fact that life is full of surprises and we have to be ready for that i have become a lot more patient than before the year taught me a lot how do you perceive the tollywood film industryright from the age i understood the meaning of the word film i wanted to see myself on the big screen laughs theres a lot of interesting work happening here i am hopeful of debuting in tollywood someday