Outsiders are not taken seriously in Bollywood: Prachi Desai

"I think the industry is opening up to me. And it is high time it does. I am truly not the person I have been made up to be. I feel that industry can be unfair sometimes. When you are an outsider, people don't take you seriously," Prachi told PTI.

"I personally think that you need an extreme push for people to promote you and bring you to a certain level," Prachi said

Prior to 'Rock On' in 2008, Prachi, 23, had a successful stint on television with her debut soap 'Kasamh Se'. Later, a dance reality show catapulted her to stardom which landed her a few offers in Bollywood.

"For the kind of roles I was offered, I was not interested in them. When anybody starts of, you don't want to be doing roles twice your age," the actress said.

"The reason for being offered roles much older than me was because these are the kind of characters I have done before in television as well. I got it from 'Rock On'...I played a young wife but nobody saw me as funky or the real me. The way I am," she added. (MORE)