Mumbai, December 13, 2013 : .The show was headlined by Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen, but the audiences cannot forget the thrilling scenes between Sushmita Irani and Dilnaz Irani, who played the role of the public prosecutor in “Aarya 2”. Dilnaz said that apart from Ram Madhani, and a few filmmakers she has worked with, Dilnaz is mostly typecast and body-shamed.She also says she doesn’t get to see the theatre as much of her work in italics.
Dilnaz answered IANS when she was asked why she wasn’t as prominent on the screen than she is on stage in Mumbai.”I don’t really have a lot of choice in what I do in films or shows, but I get typecast by casting directors.A few other things I’ve realized are that good directors like Ram Madhvani or Ashutosh Ganikar will never typecast me.Casting directors can make a big difference.Many things are said about me, including my body-shape.
My agent said that I was too Indian-looking and not fair enough to be cast as a girl in small town.Yes, I’m a Parsi.I have fair skin and look certain.
But creating the right look for the role is up to a makeup artist.Also, I’m told that I’m too “south Bombay”! What is the ‘north Bombay look’? True, in India, Tamil girls would be very different to Kashmiri girls.But what does it mean when I’m rejected because I say I’m’south Bombay?
Dilnaz shared her struggle with body image.
“I was also told on my face that I am fat and that I do not have enough social media followers to pull the audience.
Initially, such things used to hurt me and I was working on my body image.I tried losing weight, changing my look and being active on social media.
But no, I have stopped doing that because I have been doing theatre for all these years and as an actor every time when I perform on stage, all that matters is my craft and performance.So I am now only focusing on fine-tuning my craft as an actress.Rest will follow,” shared Dilnaz.
Earlier she has appeared in the film ‘Jodha Akhbar’ where she narrated the character of Salima Sultan Begum.
In ‘Aligarh’ she played Nameeta, the editor of the newspaper.
In ‘Aarya’, she played a public prosecutor and she even had action sequences with Sushmita.
Asked about what is coming next and Dilnaz said, “I have a web series releasing by next month and unless the release date is announced, I cannot speak about it.I have worked on another web show and a film is also in my kitty in which I played a journalist from Bihar.I have a dialect coach who worked with us to learn the Bihari dialect for the film.So, all the casting directors who think I am ‘too south Bombay’ would just feel surprised (laughs).”
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