Rasika Dugal talks about her transformation from a woman shedding tears to a femme fatale; ‘Every script offered to me at least had two scenes where I was shedding tears’

MUMBAI: Actress Rasika Dugal is fed up with crying in front of the camera with or without glycerine. The actor claims that now that the screenwriters are finally writing diverse scripts for her, instead of just ones in which she is expected to cry on film, she is breathing a sigh of relief.

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She claims that there was a period when she could read a script backward and that the final ten minutes would always include at least two sequences involving crying. She is appreciative of the change in her persona after Mirzapur when she was presented as a femme fatale.

Rasika acknowledges in an interview with the well-known news source that actors are sometimes typecast, which prevents them from showcasing their acting prowess. “There was a time I could read the script backward and know that in the last ten pages, there will be at least two crying scenes definitely for me.” When asked if that has now changed? She said, “It has, a little of that femme fatale has happened and I am happy about it.”

Rasika credits OTT boom for an upsurge in her career. She shared that it was because of the streaming services that she started getting a lot of work, and a lot of her work reached the audience.

She said, “Clearly the streaming services provided a lease of life for me because there were many films that I had done which hadn’t seen the kind of release they deserved. There were many small films. Besides the fact that I got a lot of work, and through shows like Mirzapur I got to access a wide audience. This is when I felt that streaming services are a space for smaller films to find an audience.”

However, she claims that independent, smaller cinemas are having trouble once more on OTT. “Unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be true anymore because that has changed again and smaller films are struggling to find an audience. So, that absolute golden period, I’d say, is not there anymore. Yes, the shows are good, there is a quantity of work. There is good and bad here also, it is not true that all the shows being made for OTT are of a good quality,” she said.

“But there is enough work and enough room for newness, new talent, new directors, new script ideas, all of that, so that’s good,” Rasika stated.

For her performance in Mirzapur, Rasika won praise from both the public and critics. She is currently starring in Shekhar Home alongside Kay Kay Menon, Ranvir Shorey, and Kirti Kulhari. Jio Cinemas is broadcasting the show. On August 19, her film Little Thomas will have its world premiere at the Melbourne Indian Film Festival.

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Credit- The Indian Express