Shreya Dhanwanthary on doing impactful roles: ‘That’s due to the professions my characters are in’

Actor Shreya Dhanwanthary says enjoying discipline reporter Mansi Hirani in her newest net collection Mumbai Diaries 26/11 wasn’t wherever just like essaying Sucheta Dalal in Scam 1992, regardless of each being journalists. “I was shooting for Scam and Mumbai Diaries at the same time. So I had to constantly unlearn from one set and adapt to different mannerisms on the other, about professions that are surrounding or complementing each other,” she stated in an unique chat with indianexpress.com.
Mumbai Diaries 26/11 presents a unique perspective to the dreadful evening in 2008 when terrorists wreaked havoc throughout Mumbai. We may need seen a number of tales in regards to the tragedy up to now, however the medical drama provides the attitude of the medical doctors, who needed to deal with each the victims and the terrorists. Directed by Nikkhil Advani and Nikhil Gonsalves, Mumbai Diaries 26/11 stars Mohit Raina, Konkona Sen Sharma, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Tina Desai, Satyajeet Dubey, Natasha Bharadwaj, Mrunmayee Deshpande and Prakash Belawadi.

“It’s always fascinating to know more about such an event because you’ll never know a story completely,” Shreya stated including that the present introduced out a unique approach to the tragedy. “Many might feel we are trying to take advantage of the horrifying 26/11. But this show focuses on the medical angle and several other threads that were connected in a weird way on that night.”

Shreya revealed the script was an exhilarating page-turner for her and there have been moments she was overwhelmed. “We realised we were basically trying to show the courage that was displayed by different people in different professions on that day. This is not so much about the terror that happened but the people who fought, did their job and were brave despite so many gut wrenching things,” Shreya added.
Claiming that she by no means judges her characters on ethical grounds, Shreya stated, “But having said that, I like to choose characters that are nothing like me.” So what did she like about Mansi Hirani? According to her, Mansi is “intrinsically tied to the story” and is the one one who bought to share display area with each actor within the present. “There are so many other characters who never meet. But Mansi crosses paths with every single one in the show. The audience is going to feel something strong.”

Shreya, who’s been giving back-to-back hit tasks together with The Family Man and Scam 1992 calls herself “energiser bunny” on units. She says she likes to work together together with her co-stars and study issues. After being a part of solely ensembles, she nevertheless is tad nervous but excited to go solo in her subsequent challenge with R Balki.
“Leading that and to go solo will be more tough for me because I’ve always had wonderful people to share that (pressure) with me till now. But it’s interesting. I’m glad I’m getting such opportunities,” she stated.
Shreya, who’s been round for over a decade discovered a brand new fame within the final one 12 months. Does she really feel success got here to her late? Shreya stated, “I’m very surprised it came! I’m very happy honestly. I don’t want to judge it by worrying about the timing. Everything happened the way it was supposed to happen. And I hope it continues. I feel all the mistakes I’m going to make will be in the future (laughs).”
Shreya Dhanwanthary was part of two of probably the most profitable current net exhibits – Scam 1992 and The Family Man.
Be it Zoya (The Family Man) or Sucheta Dalal (Scam 1992), Shreya is lauded for taking part in robust girls characters. But what in keeping with her, who’s a “strong woman”? “I assume that’s because of the professions that my characters are in. I don’t think strength comes from saying something in a certain voice or being determined. Strength comes in different forms. I assume the next role that I play is a strong role too, but not necessarily in the same way you’ll expect to see me in,” Shreya opined.

So how does she choose her roles? Stating that for her script comes earlier than her character, she stated, “So far, most of my limited judgement comes from reading scripts. If I find the script is not engaging, I don’t even go towards the character. I read something twice. First I see if it is a world I want to be a part of. Then I read it selfishly as an actor to see if that part calls out to me. If the first stage is not interesting to me, there’s no point in going to the second stage.”
Looking again at a efficiency she thought was completely completed lately, Shreya picked Konkana Sen Sharma‘s role in Ajeeb Daastaans’ brief Geeli Pucchi, directed by Neeraj Ghaywan. “Konkana was unbelievable. I sent Neeraj a big fan letter. When people tell stories so beautifully, it’s a treat. The thought of me doing something that perfectly, comes very rarely. Rather more often when I see a bad performance, I think even I could’ve done that,” Shreya concludes with amusing.