It is important to take risks: Diana Penty

Diana Penty says as an actor her priority is to keep experimenting and avoid sticking to "formula films".

The actor, whose last release Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran did significantly well at the box office, says it is important for films to mint money at the ticket window but she would not compromise over content to be in a project which will "do well".

"Box office success definitely matters. I will be lying if say it does not matter. At the end of the day, there is a lot of money that gets put into films. Plus you want it to do good and don't want it to lose any money. A lot of hard work goes into making a film.

"There are some films that you know will do well. Then there are others which have good stories that ought to be told. But because they are slightly risky, not everybody is willing to take that up. But I think it is important to take risks because at the end of the day, you want to explore new genres and new characters," Diana said.

The model-turned-actor, who made her Bollywood debut in 2012 with Cocktail, has worked in Happy Bhag Jayegi (2016), Lucknow Central (2017) and Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran.

She says the long gaps between her films were not "intentional" and she just waits for right scripts.

"I am not intentionally taking long breaks so as to keep gaps between my films. It's just that it takes a while to find the right kinds of roles and what you want to do next."