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I have felt it all the time—more of that feeling
on Khayali Pulao than on Mismatched. Dimple’s
character is very much similar to Prajakta, but with
Asha, things were very different. The only thing I
related to her was that we were both girls. There
was nothing else I could relate to her with. I am
not 17. I have never been to Haryana before. The
first time I went to Haryana was for the shoot of
Khayali Pulao. I didn’t know the language they
spoke; I didn’t myself have any friends who spoke
the language. Every second I spent with Asha. I
was scared. I was trembling. I was scared because
it delivered a very innocent message, and it is so
delicate that I didn’t want to overdo or under-do it.
I was very nervous at the time of Asha.

Coming back to your videos, if you put out a
morning routine or a lockdown thought video,
more than a million people would watch it. Do
you feel pressured by that? Do you ever feel like
you have to rewrite or edit something because you
me, I don’t feel the need to compulsively share every think the message that the video is sending out
detail. With that said, all creators are on their own. could be problematic?
They decide what works for them. I just don’t like
sharing my bad days with everyone; there’s already Yes, this is an every Thursday struggle for me. I will
too much negativity out there. not lie. Every Thursday, when I put out a video, I go
into this tiny place in my head where I am constantly
That sounds fine. Now talking about your like, ‘Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, I really
professional life, You have been a very famous hope all this works.’ I realize that whatever message
YouTuber, and now you are stepping into an the video gives out, it will all be my responsibility.
actors’ shoes. How does it feel? It has happened a number of times when I work the
Honestly, the first time I went on any set just as an script for the whole week and then one night before
actor was for Netflix’s upcoming series Mismatched. we have to shoot, I will be like, So this doesn’t
It was the first time I was playing a character that I work, we can’t do it. And then I make changes.
had not penned down. I didn’t know anything about So many times, my team is like- Make your mind.
her. She wasn’t a fragment of my imagination. The This won’t work. There are a number of people who
first few days were really tough. When I gave a shot, are working on editing your videos. You can’t do
I would go to Akarsh, the director, and ask him
how it was? Or could I see it? And he would ask
me to go and stand there, and they were taking one
more shot. I had started over-analyzing everything.
I kept nagging Akarsh. When I wasn’t giving a shot,
I would stand there and look at the process. The
first few days were tough for me to detach myself
from the creators’ personalities and get into the
actor’s personality. This helped me to spend more
time with the character instead of having scattered
concentration.

Before Working For Mismatched, You have acted
in a short film Khayali Pulao. How different were
these two experiences? Did you ever feel like what
if you are not good enough?

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