I don’t know why filmmakers are scared to make women look different: Aahana Kumra

For her role as Priyanka Gandhi in The Accidental Prime Minister, actor Aahana Kumra sported short hair and a simplistic look — diametrically opposite to what the audience had seen so far in TV show, Yudh, or her film, Lipstick Under My Burkha (2016). The actor feels the role will help the film industry look at her in a different light.

“People often look at you as a girl next door, and not as a character. And I think what is interesting is that, because there was a different look and a different hairdo in the movie, now they will be open to giving me a different get-up altogether,” says Aahana.

“I don’t know why they (filmmakers) are scared to make women look different. We don’t even live in a country where everyone looks alike,” she adds.

The actor finds it unfortunate how our contemporary actors look the same. “There’s no difference from one to the other. There was a Geeta Bali, there was a Nutan and there was a Sadhana... They all looked so different from one another,” opines Aahana.

She doesn’t mince her words before saying, “In today’s time, I can’t make from one another. Everyone has the same hairstyle, the same look... I sometimes lose interest and think I’ve seen the same girl in another film.”

Can anything be done? “What would be interesting is to change hairstyles, looks... do it. Girls are ready to do it if the filmmakers are ready to do it,” says Aahana.

Actor Aahana Kumra made her small screen debut with Yudh, alongside actor Amitabh Bachchan