Adah Sharma's take on nepotism: If I came from a film family, they wouldn't let me debut with a horror film
Adah Sharma
While there is so much talk about the perks of being from a film family,
Adah Sharma
has her own take on it. 'Had I belonged to a film family, they would have waited for that perfect film to launch me,' she says, and adds with a laugh, 'My film family wouldn't let me do a horror movie.
Who starts their career looking possessed on screen with black teeth? I didn't have the opportunity to start my career with a usual romantic movie that probably would have happened if I had the DNA of a famous person. I started with 1920 and I feel fortunate for that. The audience has accepted me whenever I try something crazy and maybe that's why filmmakers also have the guts to cast me in different roles.'
Adah is now gearing up to portray a devi in her upcoming project. For her, the key to success lies in making every character believable and distinct. She did action in the Commando franchise and then was seen in The Kerala Story. 'While watching The Kerala Story, people didn't say, 'Oh, she knows how to do action, why isn't she beating the goons?' People also appreciated me as the bar dancer, Rosie, in Sunflower Season 2, and as an IPS officer in Bastar: The Naxal Story.
I'm lucky that my career has unfolded the way it has.'
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