The proud Godfather-less child
In an industry where star children are lined up for their grand launch into filmdom, actress Kriti Sanon admits her ride in Bollywood would have been easier if she was from a film background, but she is “proud” that she doesn’t have a “godfather”. Delhi girl Kriti, daughter of a chartered accountant and an associate professor, spoke about her journey on the sidelines of a fashion show.
Talking about how having some backing helps, she said: “People would have known me much faster... To register a new face, especially when that face doesn’t come from a film background and you don’t know the surname, it takes a little while for the audience to connect with you. I am quite proud of it, of where I’ve come. I never thought of becoming an actor to where I am right now. I don’t have any particular godfather, who is always there and helping me out. But at the same time, I am making my own mistakes and learning through them.”
Also, the 26-year-old actress feels “rawness helps as an actor”. “It’s good sometimes to not know too much,” Kriti said. The actress has starred in two romantic films
Heropanti and Dilwale. As of now, she has two movies –
Raabta and Bareilly Ki Barfi in her kitty.
Asked if she wants to stick to the romantic genre, Kriti said:“I am a romantic at heart. I love ‘love stories’, and that is something that should never go out of fashion. The four films I have done are very different from one another.” She says
Raabta is a romantic drama. And one cannot actually put
Bareilly Ki Barfi in one genre because it has got a little bit of romance, comedy, drama and slice of life feel to it.“Yes, there is a little bit of romantic angle in them, but I don’t choose scripts on the basis of,‘Oh, it should be like this’. I go with an open mind when I go for narrations and if I like a script, I just go with it,” said Kriti. –