Farida Jalal Says She Wishes To Do More Exciting Roles Like Her Male Counterparts: “Wahi Maa Aur Dadi…”

Farida Jalal expresses her disappointment in makers for not offering her exciting roles!

Veteran actor Farida Jalal made a grand appearance in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi: The Diamond  Bazaar and received much love. Since then the actor has appeared in several interviews speaking candidly about her experience working in the industry. Similarly, in a recent interview, Jalal said that she wishes to do more challenging roles just like her contemporaries Anupam Kher, and Amrish Puri more are offered.

Farida Jalal Exepects To Find More Challenging Roles

In a recent chat with Times Of India, the Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham actor expressed her desire to receive more challenging roles than the ones she is getting now. She expressed her happiness at seeing veteran performers return to the screen and expressed her hope that she would be cast in roles other than the ones she has played recently. Rather than being stuck in clichéd characters like a mother or grandmother, she said she is “waiting for a challenging role” that would allow her to show off her range.

Jalal yearned for more interesting possibilities and voiced displeasure that producers appear to think she is only capable of these same old “maa, daadi” parts. She said that the makers bring her the same roles of playing either a mother or a grandmother and she is tired of that. She added that she is disappointed as the makers think she is fit for such roles only.

“Like the late Amrish Puri and Anupam Kher, who had the chance to play a wide variety of characters, including villains and comedians, rather than being confined to specific roles like fathers or dadas,” she said about her predicament, drawing comparisons with that of her male counterparts. The actress said she is making the most of her opportunity and was happy with the jobs she has been offered so far. She acknowledged her wish to play more nuanced roles, but she also stressed how much she enjoyed acting and wanted to use it to its fullest.

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More On Farida Jalal

Jalal, who starred in Ittu Si Baat in 2022 and Jawaani Jaaneman in 2020 with Saif Ali Khan, was most recently featured in Heeramandi, a web series directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. When talking about her next endeavours, she discussed finishing a few, such as Dua Qubool and a movie that would have been the son of late music composer Aadesh Shrivastava’s debut.  Farida Jalal declared that she would keep working as long as she loved what she did.

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First Published: July 31, 2024 6:35 PM