Mumbai, March 12 (TIWN) Gone are the days when actresses would run away from playing the mother on the television screen. Nowadays, a host of actresses such as Reem Shaikh, Sriti Jha and Narayni Shastri are shining in their roles of a mother on the small screen.

"Nowadays, we are not apprehensive to play a mother on screen because there are different shows and there is a lot of scope for the role of a mother. No longer are these saree-clad women just taking care of children. They have a graph even if they are housewives -- like Sargam, who is a housewife but has the responsibility of the whole house and seven and a half men on her shoulders Also, the mothers of today, in real life, also are doing a lot more than just taking care of the house and kids. This is why such roles are accepted," says the 24-year-old.