People assume that I’m angry by nature: Richa

Actor Richa Chadha is known for portraying a variety of on screen roles. But offcamera, she is someone who is known for speaking her mind. Asked why she often lands up having arguments with the media, Richa said, “I don’t get angry. I am a straightforward person and I always speak my mind, but I feel that media is no less either. Since I am a straightforward person, people often assume that I am angry by nature, especially, when you play a character like Bholi Punjaban from Fukrey (2013), who is very outspoken. So, it makes a certain kind of image of an actor. But I am not like that.”

Clarifying her stand, Richa, who is shooting for her next, Jia Aur Jia, said, “I feel that image is not self-made. It’s not my problem that people don’t remember me for films like Masaan (2015) but they only remember me for a film like Fukrey. I have done both kinds of films. So the audience sees you in a certain kind of image and identifies you with that kind of image only.”

In Masaan, the actor was seen playing the character of Devi Pathak, a liberal woman, shackled by societal prejudice.

“If they don’t want to remember me in other kind of role then I can’t do much about that. So there is no conscious strategy with that. If a film comes my way and I like the subject then I do that film.”

I don’t get angry. I am a straightforward person and I always speak my mind, but I feel that media is no less either RICHA CHADHA, ACTOR