‘I WILL NEVER LOSE MYSELF IN THE GLITZY WORLD OF BOLLYWOOD’
I was trying to suppress my negative emotions to put forward a strong face. But we need to respect all our emotions.
For Sanya Malhotra, the Coronavirus pandemic came with a reminder to draw boundaries between her personal and professional life, and that’s what she intends to carry forward.
“It was during the first lockdown when I realised that I need to have healthy boundaries with my work, which I didn’t have before,” admits the Pataakha (2018) actor.
The actor says it usually happens when one is not in a nine to five job. “Sometimes you mix your work and personal life. But that doesn’t work for me at all. When it comes to having a fear of losing myself, I don’t have that because I have a strong boundary when it comes to my work and personal life,”she adds.
After making her debut alongside Aamir Khan in Dangal (2016), Malhotra is steadily making a place for herself by picking diverse projects, ranging from a quirky Ludo (2020), Badhaai Ho (2018) to a biopic Shakuntala Devi (2020) to portraying the role of a young widow on path of self discovery in Pagglait. She’s making sure she explores the world of cinema while staying in touch with her reality.
“I’ll never lose myself in the glitzy world of Bollywood. My work is my work, and personally, I’m very different,” confesses the 29-year-old, crediting her friends and family members for being her anchors, helping her on this path.
She is back to work in full swing, and has wrapped up Love Hostel with Bobby Deol and Vikrant Massey.
“The second wave was emotionally heavy for me and my family. I was in Mumbai, and my family was in Delhi, and we were going through a challenging time. The one lesson that I’ve learned, personally, is to honour all my emotions,” she says, adding, “Since I was alone, with too much happening at my place, I was trying to suppress all my negative emotions to put forward a strong face. But I realised that we need to respect all our emotions.”
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