Actor Sanya Malhotra opened up about the hurdles that she had to face in her acting journey, including judgmental comments by casting directors and a lack of support from her mother. In an interview, Sanya said that she was always blessed with supreme confidence, and knew that she would make it as either an actor or a dancer, even though her mother took her to ‘pandits’ who were of the belief that she would be more suited to job in a bank.
Chatting with internet celebrity Uorfi Javed on her podcast, Sanya spoke about the confidence with which she approached the process of finding acting jobs in Mumbai, and said that was so sure of her talent that she refused to wear makeup to auditions. Asked about any unsavoury experiences that she might have had over the years, she said, “Jaw reconstruction, I still remember. I was like, ‘What?'”
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She continued, “They don’t say anything now. But I know I’m perfect! I’m so confident, I can’t even tell you. But, of course, it fluctuates. Especially during periods, it goes for a toss. I have endometriosis as well, there’s a cyst in my ovaries… But I was so confident, when I came to Mumbai, I used to go for auditions without hair and makeup. I was sure I’d be selected for my acting alone. In school, of course I had a moustache. One boy made fun of me for it, and I shot back, ‘Well, you don’t have one’. Even at that age, I was sure I would become a heroine.”
Asked if she faced any pushback from her parents, Sanya said, “They were both quite encouraging… My mother had one condition, that I finish my education first… She wanted me to complete my post-graduation. To my surprise, my father was more encouraging. But my mother took me to at least three pandit jis, all of whom said that I shouldn’t pursue acting and that this isn’t the correct line for me. They told my mother that I will study economics and get into a bank. I said, ‘That’s not possible’.”
Sanya made her debut with the 2016 film Dangal – the highest-grossing Indian film of all time. She has since appeared in the critically acclaimed movies Photograph, Pataakha, Badhaai Ho, and Pagglait. In 2023, she appeared in the blockbuster hit Jawan, the comedy Kathal, and the biopic Sam Bahadur.
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