In Art, Conviction Is Key, Says Actress Anya Singh

MUMBAI- Actress Anya Singh, who plays the role of a talent manager in the recently released streaming show ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’, has spoken about the importance of an artist standing their ground in the face of pressures from different facets of filmmaking.

She cited the example of Yash Raj Films head Aditya Chopra, who stood his ground with his debut film ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ as it broke many prevalent norms of Hindi cinema back in time.

She said, ”Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ was made only because Aditya Chopra stood his ground and made what his vision was. I truly and sincerely believe, and all my co-actors have that belief, in ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’ that you have never seen anything like this, at least on Indian OTT platforms. And this is the reason for that, because Aryan Khan, I won’t call it stubbornness, but it was his vision, his writing, his characters, and he really stuck by what he wanted to make.’

She further mentioned, ‘I remember, there was a scene where I went and I told him, listen, ‘I think it’s a bit much’. And he was like, ‘But that’s the character’. So, he always thought from the point of view of the character, as to why someone is saying something, doing something, even if he knows that people will have opinions, people will say things, and today people have very strong opinions.’

‘But he’s just saying, no, this is my world and this is how it will go. And that’s why all of us just followed blindly, because there’s so much faith,’ she added.

‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’ is available to stream on Netflix. (IANS)