I HAVE MATURED AS AN ACTOR AND PERSON: KIRTI
Actor Kirti Kulhari’s filmography ranges from comedy films like Khichdi (2010) to the political drama Indu Sarkar (2017). A common factor, however, in most of her films, like Pink (2016; with Taapsee Pannu), Mission Mangal (with Vidya Balan and Sonakshi Sinha) and the upcoming Girl On The Train (with Parineeti Chopra) is the fact that they are all multi-heroine projects.
Has she ever felt apprehensive about sharing screen space with other female actors? Kirti responds, “I am apprehensive about my parts in whatever I am doing. I am okay with the length of the part. If I feel it’s doing justice to what I am capable of, I will not care about other things. There is certain criteria for me to say yes to multiheroine projects.”
What’s the criteria then? “I have to be given an equal opportunity. I cannot be just wasted. That’s the only thing I look at — how important am I to the whole story and if I am being given a fair chance to do what I am capable of,” says the 34-year-old.
Kirti’s upcoming projects include Batasha and a travelbased short film. Shedding light on whether this is something she was aware of right from the beginning of her career, the actor says, “The role has to be honest. I don’t want to be hanging around, doing nothing. Over the years, I have grown up to have the maturity to really see what gets me going, and going beyond the whole idea of lead, supporting, second lead, or whatever names people attach to it, even special appearance. I would say I have matured as an actor and as a person, to truly focus on what matters to me, rather than following [others]. That has come with time and age.”
The role has to be honest. I don’t want to be hanging around, doing nothing.
KIRTI KULHARI, ACTOR