actress ritu seth who is seen in the tv show imlie admits that she was unhappy initially when the entire team had to shift to hyderabad to resume shooting the actress plays the role of aparna tripathi the lead actor gashmeer mahajanis mother in the showshe says i had to leave my husband and my daughter behind to continue with work i miss my entire family and i dont think i will be able to meet them soon because we will be here till may 15 as restrictions in maharashtra have been extended the first few days when we arrived here at ramoji city were extremely tough we all were keeping to ourselves and were sad that we had to leave our families behind but in a few days everything settled and we all came to terms with the situationask her how different it is to shoot in hyderabad and she says everything is different the entire production team is looking after us but it is different also the sanitisation rules are very strict we dont meet our colleagues except during shooting and even if we gather in the evening we maintain a six feet distance we are constantly wearing masks and remove them only when we are in a shot we dont have fun and laughter at all like we used to on the sets each person is having their own room and the unit is also smaller so things have changedin real life ritu is a mother to a 10yearold but in reel life the actress plays mother to a grownup guy does that bother her it is not new on television in the television industry seldom do women get to play lead roles after a certain age but i am happy that though i am playing mother to an adult the role is interesting and it has given me a lot i am glad i bagged this show because the script is good she says