'Not here to make money, but to create impact'
14 May 2018 3:20 PM GMT
Mumbai: From playing the mother of Nawazuddin Siddiqui at the age of 24 to making her presence felt at the festival circuit as well as at the box office, Richa Chadha has carved her own niche.
Born and brought up in Delhi, Richa started her career in Bollywood with the film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! in 2008 after doing theatre extensively. However, she went through a tough time in the film industry before Gangs of Wasseypur happened in 2012. She has since played several substantial roles in films as different as Fukrey and Masaan.
"If the producer is looking for a business of Rs 100 crore from a film, they need a star like Deepika Padukone to pull it off and I am okay with it." said Richa.
"I am not here to make money anyway. I want to leave a mark on every project that I take up, every film that I do," she added.
The actor says that only in the film Sarbjit she felt misused and regretted choosing the film. However, she admits that playing the mother of an older man, at the age of 24 in Gangs Of Wasseypur, was certainly a risk.
"That was a huge risk that I took at that point in time for which nobody appreciated me." she said.
"I think that was a really stupid idea of the person who offered me that role. I think he was smoking something wrong," said Richa about the role offered to play the mother of Hrithik Roshan in the film Agneepath.
"Bholi Punjaban (in Fukrey) is one of the roles that has given me a lot of love from the audience. It was a very empowering role of a woman who runs her business like a gangster with so much confidence. It was a very well made film and I think that is how a commercial film should be, with good content," said the actor.
Talking about her film Masaan she said, "Masaan is one of the films which is also close to her heart. I think it is the responsibility of an actor to add value and meaning to the character that is written in the script. We bring life to the characters through our performance."
"So I could be playing anything – whether a cameo or the main lead – but as an actor I will create an impact to the narration. We all get a script to perform, what makes the difference is how we utilise the opportunity to excel," said the actor.
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