Raashii Khanna is all set to step into Bollywood’s highlight with Yodha, the place she’s appearing alongside Sidharth Malhotra. Portraying a personality brimming with depth, Raashii effortlessly transitions from her established success in South Indian cinema to the grand stage of Hindi movies. In this unique interview, she delves into her aspirations, desires, and the fragile artwork of balancing two vibrant movie industries. Excerpts:
I’m all the time on a flight.That’s the one problem I face. Haha. On a critical notice, I don’t suppose there was any transition in any respect. I’m nonetheless actively working within the south. I’m making an attempt to stability work in all industries and making an attempt to be in all places to make it occur. All the industries try to make good memorable cinema and all of us Indian actors simply need to be part of that.
There is a large listing of individuals. I really feel like I’m simply beginning out! I need to work with Sanjay leela Bhansali, Raj kumar Hirani, Zoya Akhtar, SS Rajamouli, Aanand L Rai, Karan Johar, Rohit Shetty, Sidharth Anand, Vishal Bharadwaj, Sriram Raghavan, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Hansal Mehta, Meghna Gulzar Vikramaditya Motwane and so many extra.
That is but to come back. It is the movie that I’ve simply completed taking pictures with Vikrant Massey (written and directed by Bodhayan Chaudhury). I’m very grateful to have the ability to painting an unconventional character that churned my soul. It resonated with me and can resonate with each one that has ever had a coronary heart break and felt misplaced and dejected after that have. It is actually just like the phoenix story the place you stand up after turning to ashes as a result of fairly truthfully you don’t have any alternative. This is the place you study in regards to the energy that’s all the time been inside you. The expertise was extraordinarily enriching and I can’t wait to share that with the viewers.
When you’re employed with actors like Shahid and Vijay sir, you’re pushed to convey out the perfect model of you. They are like a walking-talking movie faculty. The most memorable side for me was the educational curve as an actor. I’d simply observe them, their mannerisms, their strategy to the scenes, have lengthy conversations with them about our craft and discuss in regards to the mutual love we shared for this artwork kind. I learnt about what made them the actors that they’re at present, in regards to the challenges they confronted, about how they cracked a sure difficult scene. I might have conversations with each of them the entire day.
A personality has to enchantment to me ultimately. I’ve to be satisfied that I can do justice to it. It’s not needed for me to narrate to it absolutely, I ought to simply perceive her story. My dream is to play a wide range of roles which might be very distinct from one another, convincingly in order that I don’t stagnate and grow to be a stereotype. The character also needs to have an arc or some that means within the movement of the narrative particularly if it’s an out and out business movie. Sometimes if I just like the story and never the character a lot, I attempt to discuss to the director to provide me area to create my very own particular person.
Ironically, it was the expertise I had on the units of my first movie Madras cafe. I felt like I used to be a misplaced youngster who had simply discovered her path. I completely cherished getting into the sneakers of a personality so totally different from my very own and nonetheless making her look and sound genuine. I knew within the moments of taking pictures these scenes that that is what I wished to do for the remainder of my life. Acting for me grew to become a method for private catharsis and with time it grew to become a medium the place with a sure efficiency I might transfer the viewers and invoke totally different feelings in them, the place I might snicker and cry with them and assist launch my emotion and theirs and heal collectively. This artwork kind is so highly effective & transformative each for the artist and the viewers that there’s nothing else that will have satisfied me to look elsewhere.
I’m nonetheless continuously evolving and altering as I achieve new experiences, study new expertise, and develop a deeper understanding of my artwork kind and the world round me. I’ve an unwavering dedication in the direction of my craft and I’m studying new talent units on a regular basis. I don’t take something without any consideration. I’m additionally not afraid anymore to take creative dangers and problem myself with numerous and demanding roles. I’ve grow to be extra accountable as an individual and as an actor and need to use my voice and the platform I’ve been given for constructive change.
Personally, an important lesson I’ve learnt is to forgive and let go. It is so painfully enriching. I’ve understood the transient nature of relationships and the complexity of human behaviour and the way I can simply observe conditions and folks with out letting them have an effect on me. Being non judgemental, empathetic and being centred has introduced numerous peace in my life. Another crucial lesson I’ve learnt is to reside authentically. Trying to be somebody you aren’t is exhausting and unfulfilling, particularly on this digital age. Embrace your true self, settle for your flaws and strengths, and reside in alignment together with your values and passions. Professionally, I’ve learnt to be indifferent from success or failure. Success doesn’t go to my head and failure doesn’t go to my coronary heart. I simply embrace life because it comes. Every expertise is a lesson. And each lesson helps me develop each personally and professionally. I’m simply grateful for all the pieces.
Regardless of any trade, my strategy to roles stays the identical. My expertise within the South Indian movie trade has enriched me as an actor and as an individual however I knew from the beginning of my profession in regards to the form of roles I’d select. I’ve had my share of economic movies the place the story mattered greater than my character arc however I’ve balanced it with movies the place the characters drew the story ahead. And I need to carry this balancing strategy in whichever trade that I work in. However, I’ve extra starvation for impactful roles at present. I additionally really feel at present is an excellent time to be a feminine actor with the varied form of roles being written for us. So at present, we’ve got higher decisions to make. Life is brief and I need to be remembered for high quality work greater than amount.
I really feel the necessity to break sure limitations by portraying complicated and nuanced characters that defy stereotypes. There’s a lot for me to discover. I need to be a part of tales like Rang de Basanti which had such a robust cultural influence on our technology or 3 idiots or simply an intensely painful love story like Rockstar or a style that has by no means been explored earlier than that strikes folks. I can’t pinpoint on a sure form of character I wish to play as a result of there’s a lot to discover. I don’t need to be restricted by style or conference. I need to exhibit my versatility in numerous tasks.