One of the leading actors in the South industry, Rakul Preet Singh is now focussing on finding her feet in Bollywood. The year has been lucky for her so far — while her last release, De De Pyaar De, was a box-office success, she has another promising outing in Marjaavaan. Unperturbed that she has an extended cameo in the Sidharth Malhotra-Riteish Deshmukh starrer, Singh emphasises that screen time is not a criterion while selecting projects.

 Rakul preet Singh with Ajay Devgn in De De Pyaar De

"I play a sex worker, who is headstrong and often indulges in shayari. When Milap [Zaveri, director] approached me, he said that my character is like that of Rekha in Muqaddar Ka Sikandar [1978] or Tabu in Jeet [1997]. He explained that it was a powerful role. The screen time didn't bother me as I didn't want to go by perception; instead, I wanted to take the risk," says the actor.