Triptii Dimri: I cried a lot after Animal

Actor Triptii Dimri, recently revealed at a podcast that she had to deal with a wave of negativity after Animal and that she “cried for two to three days” when it reached a level that she couldn’t bear it.

When the Ranbir Kapoor headliner was released, there was criticism against Triptii’s threadbare role and especially the “lick my shoe” scene.

Speaking at Ranveer Allahbadia’s podcast, the actor said that when she did Bulbbul and Qala no criticism came her way. “Pre-Animal, there was no criticism. Post the film, there has been a lot. But I think that is the side effect of being mainstream. Overall, I am happy, because I am getting to work with such important people. But initially, it was difficult, because during Bulbbul and Qala, there was absolutely no criticism. I’d read my comments and I’d be so happy and think, ‘People are only writing good things, there’s no problem in life.’ Cut to, Animal and I remember for a month I couldn’t understand what was happening, I just did my job, couldn’t understand why was I getting so much negativity,” she said.

“It was a difficult month for me, because half of the world was celebrating me and the other half was trying to put me down. I was focusing more on the negative than the positive,” she added.

The actor then revealed that the hate reached a level where she couldn’t take it any longer, and she cried for at least three days. “I cried a lot after Animal, for at least two-three days. I was not used to this at all. This happened all of a sudden, and I never expected I would have to face criticism of this magnitude. People were writing rubbish, and you know how nasty they can get. I spoke to my sister, who told me to own it. ‘You know what you’ve done, achieved what you have achieved.’ I am a sensitive person, if I have a fight with someone, I go into my shell. So, even then, I was getting affected a lot. I didn’t know what to focus on, there was so much happening, including work. There was no time to sit down and process,” she said.

Triptii was last seen in Bad Newz with Vicky Kaushal and Ammy Virk. She is gearing up for the release of Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video in which she is starring alongside Rajkummar Rao.