Bollywood actor Parineeti Chopra, riding high on the success of her latest film Amar Singh Chamkila, recently reflected on the missteps she took after the success of her first film Ishaqzaade. Parineeti said that her decision to follow the herd mentality came at a cost, as she found herself concentrating solely on commercial films and glamour. The actor said that she was even asked to lose weight and become glamorous following Ishaqzaade’s success.
In a conversation with Raj Shamani, Parineeti said that she started off being a very “real and raw actor”. According to her, that helped her gain audiences’ respect and acceptance. However, Parineeti herself dubbed what unfolded in the next four or five years as a mistake.
She said, “The advice that was given to me was just lose weight, become glamorous, just do the typical heroine stuff. I was very excited to do it. I just heard it and I went down that path and I tried to be glam. I tried to do just commercial films, I tried to do films where I had two songs and a guest appearance and nothing more from it.”
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The actor continued, “So I wasted four to five years listening to this advice that just follows the commerce, just do big films, just do what other heroines are doing, you should also do that. That was my biggest mistake. I can’t follow anyone else’s career, I had to stick to what I had, what people had accepted me for.”
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Parineeti said that with films like Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar and Amar Singh Chamkila, she felt like going back to her roots. Helmed by Imtiaz Ali, Amar Singh Chamkila also stars Diljit Dosanjh and is currently streaming on Netflix.
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