Kriti Sanon recently said that when she started out in the film industry she often had to play “good girl” roles which exhausted her and it is now “refreshing” to see more realistic parts being written for women now.
On the latest episode of Kareena Kapoor's podcast, What Women Want, Kriti was asked about the type of roles she wants to try. Kareena referred to an earlier conversation, where Kriti had said she wants to do one role each year that takes her out of her comfort zone.
Kriti remembered the time when she started out and how limited her choices were when it came to characters. “You don't have all amazing opportunities instantly,” she said. “For a very long time, it was like the good girl. For a long time in films, the woman was seen from the male gaze. Which is ‘sati savitri' (good girl), coy, shy, one who has to be saved from the hooligans… never does the wrong thing.”
The actor said she was done with those roles. “I was bored of doing the good girl parts. I think in my life I have that good girl syndrome in general, and I was like, this is where I can really explore other bits, and it's going to be fun,” she said.
She added that it was “refreshing that people are now writing parts that are more real, more human, not necessarily white, human enough to make mistakes and do things that may not be morally right.”
Talking about her role in Do Patti, she said that she enjoyed playing the role of an unapologetic woman. The actor had a double role in the Netflix film.
The actor was last seen in Cocktail 2 and will headline a large-scale horror film backed by Maddock Films. Further details about the project are awaited.
