Over the long span of her acting career, Neena Gupta has given some very memorable performances and played nuanced characters that will be cherished for years to come. She was recently seen in a heartwarming film, Dil Dosti Aur Dogs, that is currently streaming on JioHotstar. In an exclusive conversation with us, Neena Gupta spoke about her process of how she finds a balance in roles that satisfy her as an artist and that are solely for commercial purposes. Read on to know more.
Neena Gupta: “People Only Know Me By Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai”
Question: You have been in the industry for so long now, how have you managed to keep a balance between doing roles that satisfy you as an artist and doing work that’s solely for commercial purposes?
To this, Neena Gupta said, “This is a major issue I am facing right now. I am doing a lot of work, and there is still a lot of work to do. But I am still not famous or successful like an actress who does a small part in a commercial film. I have asked my manager to get me the smallest of roles in a commercial film. People don’t know me. In India, I feel like a star, but when I go out, nobody knows me. People know me by my song ‘Choli Ke Peeche’ despite doing so many films. They are not watching OTT.”
Neena Gupta recalled a fun banter with an actor friend, Sanjay Mishra, and said, ” I told him I am not going out with you anywhere because you are famous.” The actor further added that he is famous because he has been doing a lot of commercial films.
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Neena Gupta said, “It’s sad when people don’t see the work I am doing. I am dying to do a commercial film.”
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Neena Gupta has worked in films and series like Badhaai Ho, Panchayat, The Last Colour and Vadh among many others.