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After her debut performance in Delhi, Minissha Lamba will be displaying her acting chops on the Mumbai stage
Exactly a week ago, Minissha Lamba made her debut on the theatre scene with her solo performance in Mirror Mirror. The psychological drama is a story of sibling rivalry and had the actress enacting 13 characters on stage! The positive feedback has encouraged the actress to give this platform a serious thought in the future as well. For the moment, though, Minissha wants to focus on doing more shows of the play. The actress gets candid about how she landed the role and her preparations for the same...
Calling this an “extremely challenging role”, Minissha says she said yes to it the moment she heard the script. “I knew if I go home and take time to think, I might talk myself out of doing such a difficult piece. So, I immediately said yes. If you’re committed, you can’t back out,” she reasons. Was it a nerve-racking experience to be on stage for the first time? “It was,” she admits, “Even more so because it’s a solo play. I wouldn’t have been so worried or nervous if I had other actors on stage with me but here, it was just me. If you mess up, it’s on you, if you do well, it’s on you. There was a huge amount of pressure to deliver,” she says.
Playing 13 characters on stage was no mean feat for the actress but Minissha says the 40 days rehearsals with director Saif Hyder Hasan helped a lot. “The play is from the protagonist, Minal’s point of view, who is narrating the story of her life and instead of other actors playing a part in the narrative, I play all of them,” she tells us.
For someone who has never done theatre before, Minissha had thought that she would pursue it in some point in life, but never actively pursued it. “I happened to meet Ashvin Gidwani, the producer, at a common friend’s wedding and he asked me whether I would be interested in doing theatre. I said yes, but I thought it was just party talk. However, he followed it up, met me and we spoke about the play,” she recalls.
Before the play is staged in Mumbai, the actress got another chance to perform in the capital, and this time, it was at her alma mater. The play was staged at Miranda House in Delhi on September 19 and naturally, she was extremely excited about performing there. “The principal and the dean of my college had come to watch the first show and then, we staged it in my college,” she shares.
It’s not just theatre, but even the small screen that has beckoned Minissha. Her debut fiction show on TV — Internet Wala Love — sees her playing a glamorous and strict lady boss. No more nice girl roles for her? “Nice girls are boring!” she laughs, while admitting she is having a lot of fun with her role. It seems like a second innings of sorts for the actress who hasn’t been seen on the big screen since 2014. “That’s how an actor’s life is — when it rains, it pours and when you’re not busy, you’re sitting at home, banging your head against the wall and wondering what’s happening. That’s the nature of this beast,” she candidly says. Minissha believes with the kind of avenues open to actors today, it’s the best time to explore different mediums and roles. “I think any actor would be limiting themselves and their possibilities by saying no to anything,” she adds.
Mirror Mirror will be performed at 7.30 pm on October 1 at Tata Theatre, NCPA and at 7.30 pm on October 13 at St Andrews, Bandra.
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