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'Bareilly Ki Barfi' Bitti aka Kriti Sanon on speculations about her personal life: You can't react to everything that's written about you!

The 'Bareilly Ki Barfi' actress opens up on how she and her parents deal with rumours about her personal life and more...

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Kriti Sanon in a still from 'Bareilly Ki Bari'
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Kriti Sanon's latest film Bareilly Ki Barfi hits the theatres today. The actress plays the character of Bitti, who's been raised in a liberal environment, much like a boy in her small town household of Bareilly. Just like her character in the film, Kriti doesn't mince words while speaking her mind out. She considers herself a director's actor but at the same time believes in understanding the nuances and mindset of her character before portraying it. 

In part two of an Exclusive Interview with dna, Kriti opens up about the general impression of actresses in Hindi films, how she and her parents deal with the speculations about her personal life and more. Excerpts:

The general impression is that actresses don't have much to do in Hindi cinema unless specific films are written for them. Comment.

I think it's changing and it's changed a lot. Actresses these days are also choosing roles rather than just films. They're wanting to do different things. You see anybody, Anushka, Priyanka, Deepika, there's Kangana of course, Alia, Shraddha, Parineeti, all of them for that matter, wants to do different stuff. Everybody wants to explore a different side of themselves. It's changing a lot now. Sometimes I think it's okay to do a film where your role in terms of screenspace is not much but is still relevant to the film, it's moving the film somewhere. So, sometimes it's important to be a part of a really good script where you have a relevant role. 

Would you say that you're a director's actor or do you like to improvise while you're doing a scene?

I am completely a director's actor but having said that I like putting a lot of thought in whatever I'm doing as an actor. I would be curious about why is my character is behaving the way he or she is, or if I have some ideas in my head, if I want to do a scene in a particular way or have imagined it in a particular way, I would always approach the director and tell him or her. 

There have been times, not in this film (Bareilly Ki Barfi), but in Raabta, when Dinu (Dinesh Vijan) has let us do the scene the way we wanted to and he liked it, but he thought of it differently. He told us that and we did it (his way) and that turned out to be magical. So there's no right way of looking at a scene. You may look at it in one way but someone else might have a more interesting perspective. 

At the end of it, a film, as a whole is a director's vision so you can't do what you want. You can only try and understand your character the way you would want to play it or the way it's written on the paper, but there are certain things that are not written on the paper. It's collaborative with the director. I am a director's actor who would want to know what is there in the director's head.  

Do you think these days celebrities have this unspoken pressure of knowing everything that's happening around them, just because they are a public face?

Yeah! When you're on public platforms, there are many times when the journalists ask you questions about stuff that's not related to your life also. So, yes, there is a little bit of pressure of knowing everything but having said that, it's not possible to know everything. For us also, it's a daily job that we're doing and it's hectic enough, there's enough that we already need to know for the job that we're doing. It's not possible for me to be reading the newspaper everyday. There are so many days when I'm not able to, so many days when I'm outside India shooting something so I'm not in touch with anybody in India. I think it should be okay for people (to accept it) if an actor says 'I don't know', as long as you're being honest about it. I don't want to give a rubbish opinion just for the heck of it.

In such a scenario, what do you think is more important - having an opinion or expressing it?

I think it's important to express only when you have an opinion. There are so many times when we know only half the truth, we don't have complete information about what has happened but because we're asked for an opinion, at times we tend to say something. Being a  public personality, whatever you say, can impact or influence your audience or your fans. So, you need to know when to talk and when not to. 

A lot of actors are going through amazing body transformations to look a particular type for their characters. What do you think of the trend?

I feel it's really commendable that people are doing all that and taking up roles knowing that they'll have to go through all of that. But I feel whenever it's done it should be done carefully, so that it doesn't affect your body in a wrong way, so you stay healthy for a longer time. It should not be artificial, it should not be sudden. You should give yourself that kind of time to gain or lose that much amount of weight. 

If you were to gain or lose a lot of weight for a film, would you do it?

Of course I would. I think it's a part of our job. I didn't have to go through much body transformation till now. But for the flashback portions in Raabta, I had to get much more toned than I was at that time. So I had to lose a little weight, purely because she was a warrior. From there I landed on the Bareilly Ki Barfi set and I was told to get a little cheeks, because Bitti is not really the going-to-the-gym kind of a girl. So I was back to eating jalebis and Tunday kebabs and butter chicken and what not (laughs). 

A lot has been written about your personal life. Does it affect you? How do you deal with it?

When you enter the industry one thing is for sure that you have to be thick skinned. You can't react on everything that's written or said about you. You can't let things affect you, There are so many times when there are negative stories or negativity around you, or people talking not-so-good things about you. Even in that way,of course you're human beings so it will affect you. But you need to tell yourself and you need to have a filter 'on'. Like we don't really react to all the trolls because they don't mean anything to us. They are nobody for me, so their opinion doesn't matter (smiles). So, you just need to tell all the people who are negative around you that they don't exist. Like you have the option of blocking on social media, so just block the negativity out. 

How do your parents take it?

I think they have also become pretty used to it. So they don't really react much to it.

Initially, were they apprehensive? 

My parents know that I talk to them everyday and I have that kind of connect with them that if something happens in my life life actually, they would know about it and they would be the first ones to know. So that doubt is never there. Yeah sometimes when there are speculation stories that I'm doing a film or I have signed a film that I haven't, then I do get a call from my mom at times saying, 'Have you signed something and not told me?' (smiles). So I just have to tell her 'No, I haven't. Relax. I will tell you when I do.' Apart from that, they're used to it. I'm sure it's not the most pleasant thing, to be reading things that may be you don't want to or things that you don't have a control on, but they are pretty chilled out now. I think I'm really fortunate!

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