Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi's Sudha Shivpuri's birth Anniversary: Did you know people touched her feet because they loved her as Baa?

Late veteran actress Sudha Shivpuri has a glorious body of work and also contributed a lot to the entertainment industry with her stellar performances. She became a household name with TV show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Baa. On the late actress' birth anniversary here's a look at her prolific work. (Photo: Instagram)

Sudha Shivpuri started working at a very young age. She was in Eighth standard when she did her first job. (Photo: Instagram)

According to reports Sudha Shivpuri wanted to be an actor since her childhood days. As a child she lived in Indore and wanted to go to Delhi to join NSD. The actress is an alumna of National School Of Drama. She graduated in 1963 with Om Shivpuri. The two got married later. (Photo: Instagram)

Reports in the media suggest, the actress' first job was at a radio artist. In one of her interviews, she had revealed that her father passed away when she was quite young and her mother had fallen ill too. To support her family and due to financial issues, she began acting in plays and joined as a radio artist. She was paid Rs 150 as her first salary. (Photo: Instagram)

Sudha and Om Shivpuri got married in 1968 and continued to work in a theatre in Delhi. They met at NSD and fell in love with each other. (Photo: Instagram)

Sudha and Om Shivpuri ji started their own theatre company post their marriage and named it Dishantar. They made a lot of popular plays under their banner such as Aadhe-Adhure, Tughlaq. Om Shivpuri was also one of Bollywood's famous actors. (Photo: Instagram)

The veteran actress made her debut in 1977 with Hindi film 'Swami'. She received accolades from everyone around and then went on to do films like Insaaf Ka Taraju, Hamari Bahu Alka, Hum Dono, Sawan Ko Aane Do amongst others. (Photo: Instagram)

Sudha Shivpuri also acted in various television shows and became a household name. She starred her work on television with serials like Aa Bull Mein mara, Kyunki... Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Sheesh Ke Ghar, Waqt ka Dariya, Daman, Santoshi Maa, Ye Ghar, Kasam Se and many more. (Photo: Instagram)

In one of her old interviews, Sudha Shivpuri had revealed that people would touch her feet and take blessings. She had stated, when she went to Ahmedabad and Haridwar, people actually touched her feet. They also asked her to bless them and some of them were older than the actress. She had shared that she blessed them because they get happy. She also said that fans relate to her character Baa, and they don't bother about her age. (Photo: Instagram)

In the same interview, the late actress had shared that in personal life she likes wearing salwar kameez, but when she would go out, fans wanted to see her in saris. She revealed in the interview that the fans wanted her to dress like Baa even in real life and would request her to wear saris. (Photo: Instagram)