Kriti Sanon, known for her numerous versatile roles in films, featured in a podcast with Raj Shamani on ‘Figuring Out’, speaking about her journey and the challenges as an outsider in the industry and how nepotism plays a role in dealing with opportunities for some of these actors, including films like ‘Heropanti*’, ‘Dilwale’, ‘Mimi‘, and the latest success film, ‘Crew’.
During the course of her conversation, Kriti spoke about one of the worst phases of her career. She said that once the shoot for ‘Bareilly Ki Barfi‘ was over, she did not get any interesting film that came her way for 15 months. The break was so long that she seemed frustrated and worried that people may forget her. Kriti mentioned that there have been times when she felt that she was more talented than some of those who were given opportunities, but she was not.
She goes on to say that when an actor is not from a film family, people in the industry take a long time to recognize them and eventually give the roles they should have been given much earlier. Kriti was bitter with the fact that it was not so easy when she came to this industry because she did not get all this support from her family. But, at the same time, she says it is hard to watch others prosper so effortlessly in films in comparison with her, which made her work hard for some sort of recognition in the industry. She did not let frustration stop her career from going forward.
In the podcast, the host also asked Kriti whether talent or marketing is more important for an actor’s success.
Kriti confidently responded that talent is what matters the most. She quoted, “though marketing may help an actor grab attention for one or two times, the event of it all depends solely on talent.” According to Kriti, the audience is very smart and if someone isn’t talented, they wouldn’t last long no matter how much marketing they have behind their name. She further went on stating that most of the filmi children have been given fantastic opportunities but yet remain unsuccessful due only to the reason that they don’t have whatever talent was required. Kriti’s words speak of the difficulties in the line for outsiders and how such perseverance and talents really make it to the box office.