Sonakshi Sinha, who has made a mark for herself in Bollywood with the Dabangg series, says she will wear the greasepaint so long as she enjoys her craft. Otherwise, she will bid adieu to acting as stardom does not enamour her.
Daughter of actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha, the 26-year-old has done more than half a dozen films since her 2010 debut.
“I am very clear about why I am here. It’s because of the love for what I do. The day I will stop enjoying, I will leave it because I have no attachment to stardom or the perks that come along with it,” Sonakshi said.
“There is no fear. I have had my share of films that have done well; Joker and Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobaara didn’t work, so it’s okay. You move on,” added the actor, who takes success and failure in her stride.
“I don’t have time to sit and cry over [flops]. Even if my film does well, you will not see me blowing my own trumpet. There is no time to sit and dwell on whether it’s done well or not done well,” she said.
In fact, she has learnt the art of not feeling bad about flops from her father.
“I have never seen my dad getting upset over bad films. So, maybe, it comes from there and maybe the kind of person I am because I was bought up in a way where you treat success and failure in the same way,” Sonakshi said.
Some of Sonakshi’s big hits are the Dabangg series and Rowdy Rathore. Her next release is Prabhudheva’s R…Rajkumar and Tigmanshu Dhulia-directed crime thriller Bullet Raja.
She admits that Bullet Raja differs from her previous projects.
“Yes, it’s different, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like the kind of films he [Dhulia] makes. I really respect him as a film-maker. I have liked all his films, be it Paan Singh… or Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster,” she added. “In fact, while we were shooting for Bullet Raja, he got a call that he had won the National Award. It was a great moment.”
“He came to me for a film before Bullet Raja, which I could not do as I was busy with other projects. It just didn’t work out. I felt so bad that this opportunity slipped out of my hands and three months later, he came to my house with Bullet Raja.”
After working with the likes of Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi has teamed up with Saif Ali Khan in Bullet Raja, which is slated for a November 29 release.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 17th, 2013.
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