2024-07-14 07:06:05
Rasika Duggal, who is seen in the role of Beena Tripathi in ‘Mirzapur Season 3’, has worked in many films and web series. She has spoken openly about her personal life and professional life. The actress told how she left Jamshedpur and reached Mumbai and how she got work.
Highlights
- Mirzapur Season 3 actress Rasika Duggal married actor Mukul Chaddha
- Rasika Duggal’s first film was ‘Anwar’, which she got after FTII
- Rasika Dugal reveals how she prepared for the role of Beena Tripathi
Rasika Dugal, who has spent more than a decade and a half in the entertainment industry, has played important roles in films like ‘Hamid’, ‘Manto’, ‘Qissa’, ‘Kshay’, which received a lot of accolades in film festivals, received praise in web series like ‘Made in Havan’ and ‘Delhi Crime’, but undoubtedly ‘Mirzapur’ proved to be the turning point of her career. Now in the third season of this series, she is once again in the character of Beena. A special conversation with her. Rasika, who is called a seasoned actress today, did not always want to become an actress. She says, ‘I am from a small town like Jamshedpur. There is no artist in my family. When I was studying in Lady Shriram College in Delhi, I did small acting, but when I took admission in FTII (Film and Television Institute of India), within 6 months I knew that this is what I want to do. Manish Jha’s Anwar was my first film. I played such roles in 14 films in which I had only one or two scenes, but it is because of those roles that I have been able to reach here.
I am not a commanding personality
Rasika was not nervous about playing a character like Beena. Explaining her point, she says, ‘I was not nervous that my character would go wrong. I was nervous that as an actress I should not do wrong. As an actress I should be able to do justice to it. When people tell me that she is bold, I feel that they are not getting any adjective, so they describe her as bold. This is a woman who is not shy of her sexuality. She knows how to use the things happening around her to her advantage. She is playing all the games, so that was very interesting for me. I enjoy playing this character a lot. There is a lot of difference in the body language of me and Beena. Beena is such a woman that if she enters the room, people will definitely turn and look at her. This is her quality. She is one of those people who have something that attracts people, but my personality is not that commanding. I have small gestures. I keep hopping from here to there.
‘For me, being strong is also bold’
Defining her boldness, Rasika says, ‘Generally people use the word bold in a sexual context. For me, a bold woman was also the role I played in Manto. The role of Saadat Hasan Manto’s wife, Safia, has been very bold for me. That woman is very strong. She is taking care of a person who has no idea about himself. She goes through very rough phases of life with Manto, who is a well-known writer.’
Women’s sexuality should be discussed naturally
Today, women’s sexuality is being openly discussed not only on OTT but also in films. At one time, it was considered a big taboo. How does Rasika see this change? On this question, she says, ‘This should be natural. There should not be any big discussion on this topic, but since we live in a society where it has been established that if a woman talks about her sexuality, she is shameless. I have seen that whenever we talk about change, it becomes like a cycle. We talk about it superficially, but due to the conservatism that is inside us, we are not able to implement it, so many times I fear that as much progressive things are being said, have we become as progressive as we are? In the name of being progressive, we are not even talking about our traditional thoughts or backward thinking that has been sitting for centuries, we are not expressing them, so are they not growing inside?’
I am happy to have an actor husband like Mukul
Rasika Duggal’s husband Mukul Chaddha is also an actor. He has worked in many short films and web series. While counting the benefits of having an actor husband, she says, ‘I think that being an actress, having an actor husband is very amazing. Now, in our profession, we are not able to do any personal planning. Whenever we make a plan, to go out or for something else, there is a shooting on the same day, so if your husband is not from the same profession, he will not be able to understand this thing. Since Mukul himself is in this field, he is able to understand. We recently did a film together called Fairy Folk, which was appreciated in many film festivals. Working with Mukul in that film has been a lot of fun. While going for shooting, we used to discuss the scene as well as food.’
About the Author
Rekha KhanRekha Khan is the Features and Entertainment Editor at Navbharat Times of the Times Group. She has spent more than two decades working in renowned publications, magazines and radio. For her contribution in the field of journalism, she has been awarded many awards like Stree Shakti Puraskar, Power of Pen, Most Inspiring Woman in Journalism, Most Powerful Woman in Media. Apart from journalism, Rekha also loves to read and write. She has written a Gujarati novel called ‘Koi Sapna Na Kharido’. She is a very good speaker and anchor. Along with anchoring TV shows, she has also shown her talent in acting. … Read More
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