People told me I would be over if I take break from films: Nargis Fakhri

Nargis Fakhri had no qualms about taking a break from films but she says there were people around her who tried to drill the notion into her head that the audience will forget her in her absence.

The model-turned-actor made her debut in 2011 with "Rockstar". Her last outing was 2017's "Housefull 3".

Since then, she reduced her on-screen appearances as well.

"When I said I'm going to take a break for six months, there were people who freaked out. I was told I'll lose everything, people will get ahead of me. They'll forget about me. They put all those things in my head. But I said I don't believe that," Nargis told PTI.

The actor has come out of her short hiatus with her new film, "Amavas", and realised that nothing had changed.

"You leave something to follow your dreams and when you come back, everybody is doing the same thing. It's no different. So you can blend in easily. There's never a problem," she adds.

Before she took a break, Nargis featured in films like "Madras Cafe", "Main Tera Hero" and Marathi feature "Banjo", but says staying away from the spotlight was not difficult.

"I am happy. I like to do films but I also realised in the years I lived in India that I only worked all the time. I didn't even have my friends and family around.

"I didn't see my mom for three years. Happiness is in relationships which you have with people. If you don't have the support system, it's detrimental to your health. I had to learn how to balance," she says.

The 39-year-old former model, who describes her turn to acting as a "beautiful accident", says the job is "super emotionally demanding."