Pratibha Ranta has been winning the hearts of her fans with her role in Kiran Rao's directorial, Laapataa Ladies. Apart from that, the actress was also seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus, Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, which also featured her sister, Abha Ranta. For the unversed, Pratibha started her acting debut with the series, Qurbaan Hua. However, Heeramandi and Laapataa Ladies brought Pratibha immense fame and recognition, and she has been receiving positive responses. Now, netizens started calling her diplomatic after she named two of her role models from the industry, and those two actresses do not share a very good question.
Recently, while scrolling through our social media handles, we stumbled upon a video of Pratibha Ranta speaking about her role models from the industry. Pratibha shared that initially, Kangana Ranaut was a great role model for her because she and the Queen actress both hail from Himachal Pradesh.
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The Laapataa Ladies' actress mentioned that at the beginning of her career, Kangana played an important part in her life because she was able to relate to the kind of passion the Queen actress had. Talking more about the same, Pratibha mentioned that eventually, Alia Bhatt took that place in her life with the kind of films the latter has been doing, like Highway and Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani.
As soon as the video surfaced online, netizens rushed to the comment section to drop their opinions. While some users called Pratibha and her answer to be diplomatic, others praised her for such a brilliant answer. Some other users wondered why Pratibha would take the name of Alia's film, RARKPK. Meanwhile, some users supported the young actress and added that she wanted to give an example of Alia's versatility and how she can do both kinds of movies.
Watch the video here.
In an interview with Reddif.com, Pratibha Ranta talked about her experience of working with Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The actress accepted being awestruck by the kind of royalty the set and the costumes had. The actress also mentioned that Sanjay Leela Bhansali is extremely sweet out of the set and the gossip about him being strict is only limited during working hours.
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Going forward in the interview, Pratibha Ranta was asked if she was awestruck by the star cast of the series. The actress answered that she was more stunned by the set and how people have been working hard to make the set larger than life. Pratibha also revealed that she had met actresses like Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Shina, Sharmin Segal, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha and others. The gorgeous actress said that she first thought that these actresses would wrap up their work soon and leave, but they actually made her feel welcomed and included, which was special.
What do you think about netizens' reactions to Pratibha's answer?
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