Mrunal Thakur grabbed a lot of attention with her leap of faith from television to mainstream cinema. She made her film debut in 2019 with the film, Love Sonia. However, she achieved breakthrough fame with her successive films, Super 30 and Batla House, which gave her immense recognition. Moreover, she has also garnered a lot of appreciation for her Tollywood films, Sita Ramam and Hi Nanna, thereby establishing her as a pan-Indian actress.
In an interaction with The Indian Express, Mrunal Thakur talked about the various troughs and crests in her acting career and recalled how people reacted to her venturing into Tollywood. The diva mentioned that she made such a decision when she was pretty stable in her Hindi film career. Therefore her professional transition wasn’t really accepted by the masses. Adding how people even called it an ‘acid test’ for her, Mrunal mentioned:
“There were all kinds of articles written, one was that this is an ‘Acid test for Mrunal Thakur.’ But here’s the thing, I am not on a target to do five films in a year. I will, if they are good. I really am just following my intuition and I am fearless.”
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Moving further in the interview, Mrunal was then asked whether she feels filmmakers in Tollywood are ready to experiment with her skills and see her in a new light, something which the filmmakers in Bollywood haven't been able to do. To this, the gorgeous actress replied that she isn’t really the correct person to talk about it, since she is only focussed on enjoying her projects. In her words:
“You should definitely ask them, because I can’t seem to find any answers myself. Honestly, I don’t know what even works or doesn’t. Whatever films I am choosing, they are on my gut instincts and what I enjoy. I don’t think about box office, that whether this film would give me that Rs 1,000 cr movie. I would love to have that, but I don’t want to dilute my choices because of that.”
In the concluding segment of the interaction, Mrunal then talked about how she feels people do not recognise her real talents, the kind of work she does by putting in all her heart. She also revealed how many of her fans notice her films only recently, whereas she has been a part of the industry for long. Sharing how she doesn’t want to be a good actor stuck in crappy films, Mrunal concluded:
“There are so many actors, who have done incredible work, but have gotten popular now. It is heartbreaking that an actor gets their due only when they are noticed. I hate when people say, ‘You have arrived’. Babe, I arrived many years ago, you just woke up now. I just want the audience to support actors who are good, because if you do not support their films, they will end up doing crap films in which they don’t fit in. It is a tough, horrible space to be in.”
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Previously, in one of her interviews with India Today, Mrunal Thakur opened up about her personal life and revealed getting pressurised by her family to get married and settle down in life. For the unversed, the 30-year-old diva has frequently hit the headlines for buzz about her alleged wedding. The diva hilariously revealed that although her family desperately wants her to tie the knot, she is still on the lookout for the man of her dreams.
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