MUMBAI: Neha Sharma continues to be the apple of everyone's eyes because of her sharp and effective social media and paparazzi game. She and her sister Aisha Sharma are often spotted by photographers outside gyms and airports; these photos quickly become viral on social media. In addition to her stylish outfits and social media posts, the actor frequently makes news for her outspoken views on the film industry.
Furthermore, Neha openly states in a recent interview with the popular news portal that actors are sometimes forced to portray de-glam roles to be taken seriously. Neha is well-known for her wonderful on- and off-screen personas, and has occasionally been spotted shunning the sheen and accepting roles that contradict her persona.
“No offense to anyone but I feel that to be taken seriously in this industry, you need to de-glam yourself. If you look a certain way, they’ll call you a bad actor. I think it’s just a stereotype,” she states.
Neha says that actors similar to her often employ tricks like this one to change the perception that they have in the industry.
“And if you aren’t a very good-looking person, people start seeing the acting and performance in your eyes and suddenly, the little nuances in your act are appreciated a lot more. This has become a ploy for all actors including me to de-glam so that we’re taken a bit more seriously,” she adds.
Interestingly, a few years back, Sonam Kapoor Ahuja made a similar stance on Koffee With Karan where she had accompanied her father Anil Kapoor.
“The thing about the industry is, if you are not good-looking, they think you are a good actor. If you look ordinary, and act loud, doesn’t mean you are a good actor (sic),” after saying that, she received a lot of backlash on social media.
About looks, the Crook actor says that she lost roles because she was "too pretty." “I’ve met a few filmmakers who didn’t want to cast me in the first place saying that I’m too pretty for the part. One of them said, ‘You aren’t the girl we’re looking for.’ He didn’t even ask me to do a scene or read a line. What he told me was purely what he perceived of me. But eventually, I did get cast in that film. Maybe he changed his mind when he met me, which brought the situation in my favour. But these things should change a bit,” she asserts.
This lopsided perception, Neha believes, stems from the fact that makers judge actors based on their off-screen persona.
Hoping for directors and producers to cast actors based on merit and not how they look, she says, “It would be lovely if they’re able to see beyond how an actor looks and cast them. I wish they thought, ‘I believe in you and can mould you to play a part.’ I feel like the way you’re in real life vis-à-vis what you’re on camera can be two different things but somewhere people tend to mix the two.”
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