Manisha Koirala: I'm more liberated as an actor in my late 40s

Her 40s have been eventful and enlightening Actress Manisha Koirala a cancer survivor says contrary to common perception that middleaged female actors get less work in Bollywood she feels liberated more than ever I think I am more liberated as an artiste in my late 40s I was having a conversation with Shabana Azmiji where she was saying As an actress and as a woman we always want to look good How did you become so carefree I think the greedy actor in me takes over at timesBeing a woman I want to look pretty in every phase of my life but I also love acting If I have to sacrifice my vanity for a character that I am excited to play I am ready Manisha 47 told IANS in an interviewHaving said that Manisha pointed out that tomorrow if she is offered a role that demands glamour she will again work on her looks Basically my priority is the character first I have done my share of looking glamorous onscreen in many films said the actress who mesmerised audiences with her performance in 1942 A Love StoryOf late Manisha has fetched praise for her performance in Rajkumar Hiranis Sanju in which she has played the iconic Nargis Dutt and in a web film Lust StoriesOn Sanju Manisha said I was quite nervous about how people will receive me in the film where I am playing the role of such an icon as Nargis Dutt I was more worried because I knew how great the rest of the actors were in the film They were brilliant and the worry was whether people would notice my performance among those great performancesI am still one of those actresses who need peoples appreciation to know that I have done the right thing Even after spending a substantial time in the entertainment business before the release of a film I am nervous laughed the Khamoshi actress adding that such nervousness also occurs on the first day of the shootAccording to her from her first film till today a journey that has spanned 27 years she has treated every film like her first film It is never just another film for me It is a new opportunity to act tell a story said the Bombayactress who has her roots in NepalIn Lust Stories an anthology of four films Manisha plays a complex woman in a relationship with her onscreen husbands best friend She says it was the first time she has worn a swimsuit for a filmThat was the idea of director Dibakar Banejee He came saying this is how he wants the scene to be and my first reaction was like Why I mean in my youth I never wore a swimsuit in filmsShe says in real life she loves swimming and wears a swimsuitBut onscreen Then Dibakar put his best effort and logic to convince me saying People have not see you in a swimsuit onscreen and that is precisely the reason we should do it Well then I took it up she said breaking into a laugh Manisha said she was initially reluctant to play the role as it was difficult for her to comprehend certain aspects of the characterThat is where I had to trust the director she said Did she judge the character for her difficult relationship with her husband and for having an affair with his best friendWell I went through the dilemma in my head while playing Reena It is not easy to be nonjudgmental about the character I play said Manisha as she recounted a conversation with the actor who played the villain in Clockwork Orange I met him after I finished shooting Lust Stories and I had a conversation with him regarding the same I agreed with what he said We as actors should be nonjudgmental about the characters we play onscreen otherwise we are limiting ourselvesWill she accept the role of mother that usually middleaged women get in Bollywood filmI will wait for the right role instead of the typical ones But I think now cinema is changing and filmmakers audiences and critics have started appreciating all kinds of cinema Meaty roles are written for middleaged women If I am offered something like that I will surely do itCatch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever