I don't have to beg for work anymore: Aahana Kumra

Aahana Kumra has spent days wondering when would stage artistes get the validation they deserve but today she considers herself fortunate that due to digital platforms, actors like her do not have to beg for work or be bitter that stars kids get it easy.

The "Lipstick Under My Burkha" actor did theatre for more than a decade before venturing into TV series, films and digital platforms.

While the actor always craved for validation as a stage artistes, the situations has changed today.

"The best part about what's happening right now, for actors like me, is that we have a great platform like the internet, through which our work is reaching across. I don't have to beg for work anymore," Aahana told PTI.

"There was a time I used to think, instead of taking so many auditions, can't they just come and watch our play? I used to feel just because someone comes from a film family, they get work faster, whereas we have to do ten auditions for one project."
"As an actor, I don't get too many options. I don't come from a film family. It is not easy for women, specially when you don't have a godfather backing you. I have made peace with it. I am getting less films, but I am content. I will eventually reap benefits."
"I was told all the time that I am so tall, all the men will look shorter in front of me. I still get comments like 'you don't look conventional'. You get to hear that everyday, so it is not as if I have to choose one script out of five. I choose one out of two."
Giving an example of how a popular director of the 90s approached her with a script -- which she politely turned down -- the actor said she often feels bad because "most of them are so out of touch."