Can't woo audience with glamour: Mrunal Thakur

Actor Mrunal Thakur says it's an exciting time for actors to experiment with braver roles and not just be restricted to glamorous parts as the audience only looks for good performances today.

Mrunal, who made her big screen debut with the critically-acclaimed "Love Sonia" last year, said she was advised by people to take up a more conventional film instead of the drama.

"As an actor I just want to perform. There were lots of people who told me 'are you mad to choose 'Love Sonia' as your first film?' I was told to do something light, romantic and glamorous.

"But I felt the audience is smart today. We can't woo them with a great, glamorous look. We have to keep them satisfied by delivering good performance," Mrunal told PTI.

Though "Love Sonia" was far removed from the traditional commercial cinema of Bollywood, the actor said that film gave her a lot, including her next, "Super 30."
"With the buzz it created, it helped me. When you perform in your first film, it adds a lot to your career graph. The journey becomes easy."
"Initially I was just doing it for fun but now I've taken it very seriously. I owe my career to TV. Most of my training has been through TV. In television, you don't get enough time to prepare for your character. In films, you have proper scripts and you get time. I have evolved as an actor."
"I feel glad to have worked with an actor who has done such versatile roles. I'm taking that as an inspiration."