Mithila Palkar: I was just very greedy to be an actor, medium didn’t matter
I wanted on to be the because stage I that’s thought where I belong. MITHILA PALKAR, Actor
For Mithila Palkar, opting for projects on the digital medium way back in 2016 wasn’t about taking a risk, but rather another opportunity to showcase her talent and carry forward her love for acting. The actor, who has been a part of web shows such as Little Things, Girl in the City and web films such as Chopsticks and Tribhanga, says she never looked at it as taking a plunge into the unknown.
“When I started working I just wanted to be an actor. Of course, when you grow up in India you want to be a part of Bollywood because that’s the example we have in front of us. So, I’ve grown up hoping to be a film actor. But as I was growing to be an actor, I was just craving to act,” she says.
The 28-year-old also has had a few theatrical films including Katti Batti (2015), Muramba (2017) and Karwaan (2018), and she reveals how her love for acting was amplified during her stint as an organiser of a youth theatre festival.
“There I saw so many people of my age putting up such phenomenal work while I was working behind the scenes. I asked myself why? I wanted to be on the stage because I thought that’s where I belong. I was just very greedy to be an actor, to be doing what I always dreamt of doing and whatever presented itself as an opportunity to me, I grabbed it with both hands,” she recounts.
Palkar further adds that for her, content is king and that is all that matters. “I didn’t see what medium I was working in, that didn’t matter to me. I still want to be a better actor than what I am,” she maintains. She reveals, and adds how being a part of her latest film, Tribhanga — directed by Renuka Shahahe — was one such experience.
“I think it is very important to change your perspective before judging people, and playing the role of Masha really helped me with that attitude a lot more. Most of the characteristics and characterisation is in the writing. I definitely think that when a woman directs a story about women, it is more sensitive because the way a woman understands a woman is very different from the way a man understands a woman,” she says.