‘Would love to explore horror, action films’
From the time she entered Bollywood with Saawariya in 2007, actor Sonam K Ahuja courted the limelight as a fashionista and a highly-opinionated person rather than with her acting skills, till Neerja (2016) changed that opinion for many. While she is happy with her career graph, the actor now wishes to be part of horror and action films.
“I haven’t done any action and horror films, so these are the two genres I would love to explore,” says Sonam, who looks forward to working with filmmakers Vishal Bhardwaj and Shoojit Sircar.
Starting her career as an assistant director in Black (2005), Sonam is philosophical while recalling the time when Saawariya turned out to be a critical and commercial failure. “The fate of any film is not in the hand of actors, so I do not think we could have done anything differently then. But people liked us, Ranbir [Kapoor] and me,” says the 34-year-old.
Sonam went on to act in films such as Raanjhanaa (2013), Pad Man (2018) and Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga. She says, “There were times people criticised me and did not take me seriously because I love fashion and dressing up. I felt bad but I also love acting and the process of movie-making so much that my passion towards my profession remained a constant drive.”
How does her father, actor Anil Kapoor, look at her career? “For dad, my career is secondary, but the person I have become with time as his daughter — he is happy about that. I started my career very young and lived under the scrutiny of people and the media and emerged a strong person. My dad likes that. For him, becoming a good human being is important. Of course, he is happy with my choices of films so far,” Sonam concludes.