Bollywood’s style icon, Sonam Kapoor, who is being praised for her performance in her latest outing, Neerja that impressed audiences and critics alike, sheds some light on the way of moving forward in the industry. The actress aims higher than just portraying herself as an “exotic Indian girl” in Hollywood.
Bollywood’s style icon, Sonam Kapoor, who is being praised for her performance in her latest outing, Neerja that impressed audiences and critics alike, sheds some light on the way of moving forward in the industry. The actress aims higher than just portraying herself as an “exotic Indian girl” in Hollywood.
“I would like to take my projects to the West. I do not want to be the hot Indian girl there,” the Neerja actress told DNA. “I have worked very hard not to be this exotic Indian girl in India. I have worked very hard to the point where I could get to do a film like Neerja and be taken seriously,” she added.
Sonam Kapoor’s statement comes at a time when her contemporaries Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra are all set to make their debut in Hollywood alongside Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson, respectively.
“I do not want to start all over again. If I can get something with a lot of gravitas, I would definitely want to do it. I would approach them myself. If it’s a great role, why not? But if it has something right and which attracts me,” Sonam asserted while emphasizing on having a more meaningful role than just being eye candy.
“For me, conquering the world is not important. For me conquering and honing my craft is more important,” the 30-year-old actress continued, “It doesn’t matter what language I get to work in, as long as I get to explore something about myself and explore a character that I want to do,” she said.
The actress said that she looks for a strong, amazing character like the one in Neerja. “Films like Neerja have a lot of potential of crossing over. Look at how well The Lunchbox and Masaan were received. They crossed international barriers,” she concluded.
These remarks, might we add, are oddly ironic for an actress who is making a living off her red carpet looks and style (more than her films) and plays just what she is critiquing - an ‘exotic Indian girl’ - in her blink-and-miss appearance in the Coldplay video.
