Parineeti Chopra has kicked off the year on a high note with two film releases, The Girl On The Train and Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar, and a third, Saina, is on her way to the big screen.
In this interview with indianexpress.com, Chopra talked about how she didn’t let the pressure of working with Dibakar Banerjee affect her because if she did, she would be “crouching” underneath. She also looked back on her career in Bollywood, which she described as “a kind of career graph”.
Excerpts from the interview:
Feedback in 2021. How does it feel when your films that have been doing so long are finally being released?
We were releasing all three films – The Girl on the Train, Saina and Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar last year, but due to the pandemic, we had to stop. So I don’t think these are long-awaited, in fact, they’ve been released in time with the conditions we went through last year.
I fired for Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar much earlier. It wasn’t ready and I had to edit it again, but all that was said and done, the poem has a part to play, and I’m glad they’re all coming this year, because me to make a new path for myself. I want to play different roles and I want to show that to people. So I feel very blessed to have this opportunity to show all my films together.
With Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar and Saina you have worked with some of the most acclaimed film directors. How did the experience work with them?
I am overjoyed and extremely blessed that these leaders have chosen me. Amole (Gupte) sir, Dibakar (Banerjee) sir, they are among the filmmakers who do not get a good impression from any mediocre work. I like that kind of expectation from my leaders, I like it when they’re not okay with incompetence and don’t give in to you until you get the best view. So this dynamic between actor and director works great for me, because then I can put my best foot forward. It worked perfectly for me in Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar.
When it comes to Dibakar Banerjee’s film, the whole focus will be on how good the film would be as it is famous for bringing something different with each film. Does that add to the pressure on the star?
No. I think if you take the weight that way you will cringe under that pressure because you already have this huge responsibility to play this serial character he wrote, and you want to do that well. . So you just focus on the film and the place it is written this time and give your best; That’s how I dealt with it because it was already such a difficult situation and already so difficult to play, so if I had taken that pressure, I would have fallen down, so I was just focus on the work.
Your chemistry and Arjun’s have been really good. Since he debuted in front of you in Ishaqzaade, how would you describe his growth, both as an actor and as an individual?
So many years of work after Ishaqzaade, and then we learned so much from our highs and lows and then we came back for this movie, I think that trip was very important to both of us because this film wanted chemistry and maturity for the characters we played, and we were able to make use of that a little more naturally than say, we would have been able to a few years ago . A film like this asked us to start working from day one, and I’m so glad we didn’t have to spend time breaking the ice, getting to know the co-star, we were just diving Into it on the first day, we want to give our best from the moment we started working on the film. Arjun is one of the first friends I made in the industry, so it will be helpful when you know the man, so you can just focus on the work without having to worry about anything. other.
A decade after your first Ladies vs Ricky Behl film, how satisfied are you with your career graph? What do you think is the best thing in your first decade?
I think my journey has been a miracle because I needed that boost of confidence and motivation at first when I wasn’t even sure if I was going to be an actor, which I got – the an audience of so much love, value and rewards, it helped me consolidate my commitment to acting and gave me confidence that it is, this is what I want to do.
I also saw some failures that taught me a lot, I learned a lot of things, I didn’t learn much along the way. So this kind of up-and-down graph works for me. I’m at a point where it looks good and with The Girl On the Train doing well, and Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar getting good reviews, I feel satisfied and hope that people like Saina too , and then I have Animal, which I am excited about as well. So moving from one movie to another has been a path for me, and I keep learning from it.
Do you believe that some failures make you stronger? Are criticisms bothering you?
I’m doing very well with feedback. Of course, I need feedback, I need people around me to tell me how I am doing all the time because this is the world I am very new to. It’s a business I learn about every day, so I’m very heavy on serious feedback. At times, downtime teaches you the most, and I’m glad I got that experience and learned from it. If I hadn’t gotten the ups and downs, I would never have learned the lessons I needed.