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Actors and producers should make more films like 'NH10': Anushka Sharma

One of the most fearless actresses in B-town today, both on screen and off screen, Anushka Sharma turned heads with her recently released NH10. A film that has burrowed in and brought out the harsh realities of the Indian society to the fore, NH10 has been working exceedingly well at the box office as well.

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One of the most fearless actresses in B-town today, both on screen and off screen, Anushka Sharma turned heads with her recently released NH10. A film that has burrowed in and brought out the harsh realities of the Indian society to the fore, NH10 has been working exceedingly well at the box office as well.

What started off as a huge risk has finally paid off for the young actress and the youngest producer today. But call NH10 a risk and Anushka shoots back almost immediately, "Actually, I never saw NH10 as a risk because you can call it my gut feeling, I always knew that this film is going to work. NH10 is very high on content and in terms of the genre, which is a thriller, I thought that people will enjoy something like that. There was no fear of whether it will work or not," Anushka continued. "My only fear was that if it does not work, I would still be making such films but it would mean that probably people are not ready to see such films," she added.

NH10 belongs to a very different space when it comes to films and the genres that are repeatedly tried in Bollywood today. Refreshing and giving out a message at the same time, Anushka feels she wants to make a certain type of films- much like her first production venture. "These are the kind of films that I would like to make in future as well. This is more like an offbeat film, very different from the usual kind of films that we watch. NH10 has proven that these films do have a wide audience today because the kind of numbers the film has done over the weekend, it establishes my faith on my own conviction," she smiled.

The actress was offered the film but the discussion of turning producer came a lot later. But it was the high content of the film that made Anushka jump in as the producer. While NH10 has garnered immense critical acclaim along with commercial success, Anushka feels the success of NH10 will only help other producers to believe in their projects- no matter how unconventional or tricky they are. " I just hope that with a film like this working out and with me initiating it, not just producers but I wish even actors come ahead and be a part of such films. Somewhere, I experienced something with NH10. By turning a producer for the film, I was somehow enabling everything to happen more easily. I was not adding additional burden to the cost of the film by being an actor. This way, we can ascertain that certain films which are a little tricky or unusual for studios to put money in, will eventually happen. NH10 gives that faith to other actors too and not just the producers. I am not saying this to boast about myself but a film like NH10 needs a mainstream actor to back it. Me backing NH10 gave it a wider reach so I hope other actors too take up the baton now."

But the point is- will Anushka's attempt be successful in getting more and more mainstream actors to try something unusual and unconventional- something that's starkly different from the staple Bollywood diet? That only time will tell. 

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