Currently in the best phase of her galloping career, Kiara Advani says she is “overwhelmed” with the stardom that has followed Kabir Singh ...
Currently in the best phase of her galloping career, Kiara Advani says she is “overwhelmed” with the stardom that has followed Kabir Singh and Good Newwz. It makes up for the bumpy start with Fugly in 2014 and Machine in 2018. This year has begun with Ruchi Narain’s Netflix original drama Guilty, but there’s plenty more to come for the 27-year-old actor, including Laxmmi Bomb, the sequel to Bhool Bhulaiyaa, Indoo Ki Jawani and Shershaah. Excerpts from an interview.
What did it take to find Nanki, your character in ‘Guilty’?
I loved the whodunit format and thriller element. It’s edgy, relevant and topical, tackling issues of gender, sexism, privilege and the way women judge other women so harshly. But Nanki is so far removed from who I am or from what I have done. I asked Ruchi, why me and how?
Ruchi kept saying, your core is so sincere, and I want that in Nanki. So we started with creating her look, and that is important because it forms her armour. There is a reason for every tattoo and every piercing and her changing hairstyles. As powerful and rebellious as she looks from the outside, she’s as fragile, weak, insecure and under-confident inside. It was a challenge to strike a balance between badass and fragile.
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