Ordinary doesn’t satisfy me, says Bhumi
BHUMI Pednekar believes her journey in movies has been “different” right from the outset, as usual and ordinary characters do not excite her.
The 30-year-old actor made debut with Dum Laga Ke Haisha, which featured her as an overweight newlymarried woman, and went on to play a progressive parts in Toilet: Ek Prem Katha and Shubh Mangal Savdhan.
Her last big screen outing was as a feisty woman in Sonchiriya and her upcoming film Saand Ki Aankh will feature her as one of world’s oldest sharpshooters Chandro Tomar.
“It takes a lot to be secure. It is not easy when you see yourself as a 70-year-old. It is an actor’s dream to do a film like Saand Ki Aankh. It has comedy but it is not easy to do. In ‘Bala’ I am playing a deep coloured girl, my character is commenting on the societal bias that is still very prevalent in India on colour,” Bhumi told PTI in an interview here.
“I feel as an actor, the kind of satisfaction I get by not being Bhumi on-screen is something else. I can proudly say this that both are very different, they are not the same people. I love the fact that I can challenge myself and through my work. I can change the way people think. I am not doing ordinary things,” she added.
The actor said a lot of people warned her against taking up unconventional characters.
“There are people who questioned my choices as an actor. A lot of people told me why I am doing Saand Ki Aankh, why I am playing a 70-year-old and why I am doing earthy or rural films. I don’t see films as earthy or rural or how my look is in the film. I look at the story. People are seeing the story, my character and not Bhumi, on the big screen.”