MUMBAI: For her role as the socially active wedding planner Tara Khanna in the first season of Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti's web series Made in Heaven, actor Sobhita Dhulipala received a lot of praise. However, when the second season aired, she received a lot of criticism. The majority of the criticisms were directed at her performance, with some saying she "did not act" at all and was essentially playing herself while others complained that her acting was subpar throughout the series.
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Sobhita recently stated in an interview that she wanted to play Tara in a different way. She stated, “It would be interesting to depict the same Tara in identical circumstances and with the same inner landscape, but different disposition. What if she was snappy and snarky? What if she was loud as opposed to cold? I believe this could alter how people perceive me as well. It’s easy for me to look cold, leading to assumptions that I didn’t do any acting and merely played myself on-screen. I want to emphasise that I am not a psycho bitch.”
Sobhita elaborated on how Made in Heaven and her character have affected her personal and professional lives, “It’s unfortunate that people think I got discovered in the mainstream through Made in Heaven. The character of Tara is so well-written, but I am worlds apart from how she is. I am emotional, messy and expressive. Tara is very cold and distant. She could be going through the most horrid inner turmoil but she won’t let it break her.”
Sobhita emphasized that it is more difficult to play a character like Tara than it is to play someone who expresses their emotions out loud. She emphasized that although if Tara's role is meant to be emotionally strong, she must still express her true emotions because she is an actor.
Sobhita pointed out that people frequently equate that quality with her, “I hope I get to play parts that are very different in temperament. I have just lent my physicality to a character, but I am not her. I mean, there are days when I think ‘what would Tara do?’ because I love how she prioritises herself. She is unwilling to feel like a victim.”
She added that it may be rather frightening when a role is closely linked to an actor's identity. Shubhra Gupta wrote in her review of Made in Heaven Season 2, “Everything is so gorgeous and shiny, even the grime, in the show, but Akhtar and Kagti and directors Nitya Mehra, Alankrita Srivastava, Neeraj Ghaywan detail their characters and fill them in with specificity, reflecting a sense of inner knowledge and empathy.”
Sobhita is now preparing Monkey Man, her first English-language effort, for release. The action movie, directed by Dev Patel, will be made available on Netflix.
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Credits – Indian Express
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