Love Sonia Actress Mrunal Thakur Recalls Being Jobless For 2 Years, Says She Was Totally Broke
We asked how difficult it was to say to the roles that were very similar to Love Sonia, ¡°I was jobless; there was no money I was earning. I almost sat for 2 and half years at home without work. I was doing absolutely nothing at all. Fortunately my father backed me up. If I would be a guy and I had to run a family, it would be very very difficult for me. So, yes it was difficult, I was completely broke, I could not to take care of my diet which wa...Read More
Mural Thakur is one of the few actresses who has created her own niche. She has proved her acting mettle in films like Love Sonia, Super 30 and Batla House.
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The actress who got to do a path breaking performance in Love Sonia reveals that there was a time when she was jobless and totally broke.
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Indiatimes got candid with this talented actress and spoke to her about her journey. To begin with, we asked Mrunal about the success she desired and got and she said,
¡°Yes, I always dreamt of this of where I am today. But this is just the beginning; there is a long way to go. Desires are something that always pushes you to do better in life. My only agenda is to be a part of the cinema till the last breath of my life. Because I feel I am only good at this. I am thankful of this journey, it¡¯s beautiful and overwhelming.¡±
Mrunal who is taking it one day at a time gave all the credit to Vidya Balan for making space for actresses like her,
¡°I think a lot of credit goes to Vidya Balan and other actresses like Taapse Pannu, because of them, the opportunities have opened up. They took the risk in their career and it is inspiring for actors like us.
Also, important to me is the quality and not the quantity of work. Of course I want to earn bread and butter, but I don¡¯t want to do films for the heck of money. Because if I start doing that, I will have to compromise in the roles I do , for me it¡¯s like an artist needs to surrender his or her soul and I will not be able to do that if I am not doing something substantial."
Having no godfather and no big surname it¡¯s tough to survive in this industry, but Mrunal didn¡¯t give and made it. Talking about her low days, she said,
¡°I wanted to give up not because it¡¯s not my cup
of tea, I never lost faith in myself. I always knew that I am born for bigger
things. I told myself that it¡¯s people¡¯s job to devalue and reminded to value
myself and be a part of this race. There were times where I questioned myself
whether I am not good enough, but I always took the rejection. I told myself sometimes
I didn¡¯t fit the bill and it¡¯s okay¡±.
Talking about the fear of being typecast after taking the role of Sonia in Love Sonia, she said,
"Unfortunately in our industry we all want to play safe, because somebody has been playing a rural girl they will offer me only that, because se they have seen me pull it off, but that time I have to stay strong as an actor and refuse the roles which was very similar to Love Sonia.
I never wanted to typecast myself but saying no was also tough, because actors think that there is no work and whatever you are getting you should do , with me it wasn¡¯t like that at all. I am very happy doing laundry at home if I don¡¯t get the work I want to do".
We asked how difficult it was to say no to the roles that were very similar to Love Sonia,
¡°I was jobless; there was no money I was earning. I almost sat for 2 and half years at home without work. I was doing absolutely nothing at all. Fortunately my father backed me up. If I would be a guy and I had to run a family, it would be very very difficult for me. So, yes it was difficult, I was completely broke, I could not take care of my diet which was getting very expensive, so there were times I would eat whatever was available and had to work out twice because there was no other option.
But still I never thought of doing any film for money because the moment I will do that I know I am going to lose myself.
The girl indeed has high aspirations and we love that about her. Mrunal will be next seen in Toofan starring Farhan Akhtar and Jersey alongside Shahid Kapoor.