Actor , known for her roles in TV shows "12/24 Karol Bagh" and "Surveen Guggal - Topper of the Year", says her biggest fear when she started acting was that she would be typecast.
Kalra, who recently played the female lead in the movie "Darran Chhoo", says she avoided getting pigeonholed by declining repetitive roles.
"For my first series, 바카라12/24 Karol Bagh바카라 (2009), an offer I got pretty much straight out of college, I had to play a 30-year-old overweight professor. I didn바카라t mind that I had to gain weight or that I had to play someone much older than I was, but the character cried so much that I didn바카라t like her at all. I was afraid that I would end up playing characters like her all my life,바카라 Kalra told PTI.
Her latest film, which released on October 13, is about facing one바카라s fears and perfectly reflects her life바카라s philosophy. The film also stars popular TV actor and .
"In this industry, if you do a particular role, then you end up doing similar roles. Just as I feared, after 바카라12/24 Karol Bagh바카라, I was getting similar roles initially. To be honest, I was tempted to say yes. But in the television world, it usually means you are stuck with the character, sometimes even for 18 hours a day. I just couldn바카라t do it,바카라 Kalra said.
The actor said she knew her gamble had paid off when in 2012 she bagged the role of a small-town girl with big aspirations in "Suvreen Guggal 바카라 Topper of The Year", her second acting project.
"From playing a 30-year-old, I played a 17-year-old schoolgirl from Uttarakhand, who goes to Delhi for her college education. The series is about her journey, her aspirations," she said.
Although Kalra went on to play roles that she liked in a couple more television series after that, it was only after 12 years that she could finally manage to make it to the big screen.
"People do say that it is not easy for a television actor to get into films. Well, yes, but nothing in life is easy. You have to work your way towards it,바카라 Kalra said.
It may have taken her more than a decade, but Kalra says she is happy that her first break in films was "Cash (2021)", a story set during demonetisation.
"I played an alpha, a street-smart girl who only thinks about herself. I was happy because it was different from all the characters I was playing so far.바카라
"" was actually her third film. Kalra's second film, 바카라Memory X바카라, which was shot in Sikkim, is yet to be released. The film, a time-travelling adventure, also stars Bengali actor Vikram Chatterjee.
Kalra is also a part of late actor-filmmaker Satish Kaushik바카라s "Kaagaz 2" along with Anupam Kher and Neena Gupta. The film is now in post-production and is more likely to be released before "Memory X".
