actress mahima makwana of sapne suhane ladakpan ke fame was recently in lucknow to promote her show touted to be one of the highest paid actresses on television today ask her if the news is true and she says i was 13 when i started with sapne suhane and now i am 20 and if there are articles about me being one of the highest paid actresses i will not quote the amount but i have actually worked really hard to reach where i am today i have put in blood and sweat in everything that i have done i started auditioning when i was just 9 years old i gave hundreds of auditions and when things did not work out in my favour i thought probably i am not made for acting i have seen bad times and even though i am earning a decent amount today it has not got into my head the profession in which i am has no stability take for example my last two shows rishton ka chakravyuh and mariam khan reporting live which shut down after a few months only if i am earning good for six months i am not sure if i will be earning also in the next six months or not and yes as of now i am not the highest paid actress on television but i would love to be one says mahima mahima makwana bccl farhan ahmad siddiqui mahima makwana bccl farhan ahmad siddiquishe adds i started off very young but that was out of choice and not out of any family pressure i wanted to get into acting and start earning as well now i am taking care of my bank account as i have grown up even my mom is helping me manage my finances and we both are the rajarani of our livesshe says i feel proud to have bought a house of my own in a city like mumbai when i was just 15 though it was just one bhk i now wish to buy a bigger flat of my own as my brother has recently got married i just want to get settled in life and stay independent all my lifenot happy with the present scenario of shows going off air mahima shares it is very recently while giving an interview when asked if i miss my sapne suhane days i realised that more than missing the serial part i miss the attention that the actors used to get then there is so much of competition between tv shows and content on web that actors today do not get that much of attention also there is no longevity of shows today which was there earlier sapne suhane went on for three years when we were aiming for five years but now as an actress i aim for a show to run for a year i was really disappointed when rishton ka chakravyuh was pulled off air midway it was a great