"I am open to everything."
Sonakshi Sinha discussed her future career prospects and talked about her latest film, Aditya Sarpotdar’s Kakuda (2024).
Speaking about how she got the role in the movie, the actress said:
“Kakuda came to me and I just found it to be such a fun read.
“I was very entertained while reading the script.
“Although I don’t like horror films, there was so much humour in this film.
“Aditya is someone who has understood this genre so well. I think his grasp on it is fantastic.
“He kind of knows where to scare people, where to make them laugh, the punches, the beats, he gets it bang on.
“It was a pleasure to work on a genre like this for the first time with a director like him who is so well-versed in it.
“So, I had a blast. It was me stepping out of my comfort zone, and trying out something I hadn’t done before.
“I’d love to do it again because it was so much fun.
“If I like something then I don’t believe in dilly-dallying and making the other person wait too much.
“If I am excited about something, then I am. I’ll go full-on. That is what happened with this film as well.”
Sonakshi Sinha recently won critical acclaim for her performance in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s web series Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar (2024).
In 2023, she also starred in Reema Kagti’s Amazon Prime series Dahaad.
Divulging her newly-found identity on streaming platforms, Sonakshi continued:
“I am doing exactly the kind of work that I always wanted to do and it’s been a gradual process.
“I have done everything. I want to be an actor who filmmakers think, ‘I can put this girl in any genre and cast her in any kind of film’.
“Today I am open to doing any kind of film – small film, big film, action film, romantic film, whatever film.
“I want to be that actor who can be cast anywhere. I have tried my hand at everything, really, and I have enjoyed it.
“Some films have done well and some films have not. I have made my mistakes and I have learned from them.
“That has made me the actor and person I am today.
“With the OTT boom, a lot of avenues open for a lot of people — filmmakers, actors, writers, technicians — everybody has worked and it’s a lovely platform.
“I have had only good experiences on these platforms and have received a lot of appreciation, so I am a big fan of it.
“I am an actor. At the end of the day, it is my job to act whether you put me on a theatre screen or a TV screen, or you put me on an actual theatre stage.”
Sonakshi also spoke about what kind of work she would do in the future.
She said: “I am open to everything. The role should excite me.
“It’s been a while since I shifted gears from a particular kind of film that I was doing to playing very strong female characters on screen.
“And I enjoy that. It satisfies me as a person and as an actor.”
“So I will follow that same direction and then it depends on what roles I get to play. I’d love to do biopics.
“I’d love to do period films more, and do all-out action again. I enjoyed doing the action in Akira.”
Kakuda was released on ZEE5 on July 12, 2024.
In the film, Sonakshi appeared in a dual role as Indira and Gomati.
In June 2024, Sonakshi Sinha married her long-time partner Zaheer Iqbal.
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