‘I KNOW I CAN ACT’

PrachiDesai says she does not need to be involved with a director to make her place in the industry

While linkup rumours bother most Bollywood celebrities, actor Prachi Desai (above) feels keeping a dignified silence works to her advantage. About her relationship status she promptly replies, “Even if you do a Google search, you’ll never find a quote from me on any of these things, and I think that says it all. If this is what I wanted to be written about, I’d have been out there more often.” Prachi who was paired with filmmaker Rohit Shetty during the filming of Bol Bachchan (2012) says she does not need to be involved with a director to make her place in the industry. “I am confident about what I do. I know that I can act and I can get my way through just with that. I don’t need to do what other people are doing.”

Not divulging details about this much hyped rumoured linkup, she adds, “It’s always nice to have a little spice in life. People like to know what you’re doing in your personal life. I would leave them guessing and make them work harder to find out, rather than me spilling the beans.”

But do these baseless reports affect her rapport with prospective filmmakers or otherwise? “When sometimes people cross the line, or stoop too low then misunderstandings might crop up. Although we are wellversed with each other, there could be any kind of rumour, which can take anyone by surprise. So you have to make that extra effort to ensure that those kind of things don’t come in your way of your work.”

For Prachi, in order to have a healthy atmosphere in the industry, it’s important to let go of “trivial” and “silly” reports. “When something affects your work image, you do put in an effort to make sure that at least the concerned people or those who matter, know the truth.”