They Began Placing Me In A Field

Meher Vij has been vocal about her journey within the leisure business and spoke about being typecast as a “mom.” The actress sat down for an interview with NDTV’s Hardika Gupta and expressed robust views on the significance of selecting substantial roles and the necessity for various representations of girls in movies. “I am not any person who’ll do a venture for the sake of doing it,” she said firmly. She added, “I select roles properly. I am not somebody who’ll do a movie and dance across the bushes. I need a substantial function; I need a substantial trajectory for my function and profession.”

Following her performances in Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Secret Famous person the place she performed the function of a mom, Meher stated that she obtained quite a few provides, but she felt they did not align along with her imaginative and prescient for her profession. Talking concerning the business’s tendency to pigeonhole actors based mostly on their earlier roles, the actress stated that she discovered herself being typecast. “After Secret Famous person, I obtained loads of provides, however I did not get the work I wished to do. I do not need to see myself in a field. I do not need to be a monotonous actor. Whenever you play sure characters, they attempt to typecast you. After I did Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Secret Famous person, they began placing me in a field, saying that is the function and that is what we would like you to play.

Rejecting this slender view of her capabilities, Meher Vij added, “I stated, ‘I do not need to do that. I am not right here to play a sure kind of function. I need to see myself in stronger characters.’ It is a private alternative; I do not need to see girls in weak roles.” Whereas she acknowledged that her character in Bajrangi Bhaijaan was “not weak”, she spoke concerning the want for extra highly effective roles for ladies in cinema. “I am not saying Bajrangi was a weak character, however I believe girls can step up and do some motion or tackle totally different roles. They’ll shock you.”

On the work entrance, Meher Vij was final seen in Bandaa Singh Chaudhary, co-starring Arshad Warsi. She is greatest identified for her roles within the drama movies Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) and Secret Famous person (2017), each of that are among the many highest-grossing Indian movies of all time. For her efficiency in Secret Famous person, she received the Filmfare Award for Finest Supporting Actress. Along with movies, she has appeared in tv exhibits reminiscent of Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil and Ram Milaye Jodi.