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I don’t have any particular way of doing it. Do you have any method approach that helps you experience the transitioning from character to character smoothly?
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That said, one of the main criteria to choose any film is to entertain the audience, and that will always remain. It set the tone of my career, and I feel like, through my work, I want to comment on certain issues or make a statement about something, and those are the kind of films that I choose. I was fortunate enough for Dum Laga Ke Haisha to happen, which set a precedent to what the rest of my career would look like, which was an unconventional path with strong women characters. But when you’re an adult and go out there into the real world, you tend to face a lot of prejudices that you haven’t before or aren’t used to.
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When you’re a child, you live a sheltered life that is your cocoon. But when I grew up, I realized that the world outside is very different from the world that I grew up in. We did not have any gender bias in our house. I have seen extremely strong women around me, I have seen women who have always stood up for what they feel is right, and I’ve seen many evolved men around me, as well. Like I said earlier, I come from an empowered household. I believe choosing a script has a lot to do with your personal sensibilities.
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In most of your films, you have portrayed ‘women of fortitude with a strong moral fibre.’ How do you go about choosing your scripts? It was a summation of a lot of events that ended up in me being casted in a Yashraj film like Dum Laga Ke Haisha. I would say it was a mix of my destiny and my hard work. So, there is no one particular moment of transition. Physically, I wasn’t there anywhere close, but I was happy to put on the kilos required for the role. In fact, I auditioned for three months because the director thought I was inherently good for the part. My seniors i.e., my boss Shanoo Sharma and Adi sir (Aditya Chopra), had seen me conduct auditions plenty of times, so they kind of thought there is an inherent actor in me and got me auditioning for the film. Destiny, too, played its role when a script as unconventional as Dum Laga Ke Haisha came in. That said, I was fortunate enough to work with Yashraj Films (YRF), who are constantly looking out and launching new talent. I knew I would be an actor performing for the camera, but it was just that I didn’t know how it would happen. Somewhere deep down, I always knew that I was going to eventually land up doing what I love, which is acting. And then eventually, Dum Laga Ke Haisha happened. Even though I was behind the camera throughout these five years, I was pretty clear about my goal of becoming an actor. I’ve done all of it because I’ve always wanted to be a part of the system. It was where I learned almost everything and did every kind of odd job possible, be it assisting, casting for films, pre-production work, post-production work, writing, and so on. But those five years behind the camera did me as good as a film school would do to me. Rather, it was my last job before I became an actor. Casting was only one of the many things I did while being behind the camera. I wasn’t just a casting director for the five years before I became an actor. What got you transitioning from a casting director to an actor? You worked as an assistant casting director with Yashraj Films (YRF) for five years before stepping into the acting arena. I’m your regular Juhu girl and a true Mumbaikar in every way possible.
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But apart from that, my growing up years were full of happiness and joy as I grew up in a happy, healthy atmosphere. At the same time, we were taught to be always empathetic. We were always aware of what was happening socio-politically around us. I was fortunate to be born in a progressive family, where our breakfast conversations centered mostly around world economics, the political conditions and situations across the world, etc. My childhood was a healthy mix of traditional-yet-modern values.