Happy not being very famous: Sanya Malhotra

Sanya Malhotra returns to screen with "Pataakha", two years after her debut "Dangal", and the actor says she had her goals set -- wait patiently for the best film and not chase stardom.

Sanya won critical acclaim for her debut, which was produced and headlined by Aamir Khan.

"I have learnt to have patience. You have to wait for the next best after your debut. Post 'Dangal', I knew I didn't want to do any film where I'm just there. I'm happy for not being very famous and not being all over on social media platforms," Sanya told PTI.

Her idea of waiting for the right film is also partly based on one of Aamir's advices to her and her "Dangal" co-star Fatima Sana Shaikh.

"Going slow in my career makes me happy. Aamir used to tell me and Fatima 'don't do more than two films a year'. (But) I did three films a year! When he got to know I signed all these, he said 'you're doing so many movies!'"
From going through a phase of not having money or films in her hand, Sanya feels blessed to have a lineup of projects ready for release, including Ritesh Batra's "Photograph" featuring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer "Badhaai Ho."
"I started out with 'Dangal' where I'm not looking like a conventional heroine, where the emphasis was more on the character. What I learnt from that was even if you're doing a conventional film, you can't go on set unprepared."