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Mumbai:

Actor Geeta Agrawal Sharma, who most just lately starred in hit movies like twelfth Fail and Laapataa Ladies, says whereas her display screen presence was restricted to supporting roles, it by no means went unnoticed.

From taking part in Madam Aulakh, a politician who runs a cocaine racket in Punjab in crime thriller net collection CAT, to Pushpa, a resilient mom within the aspirational drama function twelfth Fail who ultimately takes the cost of the home and farm, the actor is progressively turning into a relentless in initiatives throughout genres and codecs.

Geeta began her profession with TV reveals resembling Kaisa Yeh Ishq Hai and made her movie debut with the 2007 film Foto. A decade later, she featured within the comedy movie Mubarakan, which landed her a task in OMG 2.

“I had done Mubarakan in which I had worked alongside Pavan Malhotra, and he suggested my name to the director of OMG 2 (Amit Rai), as he had seen my work earlier.

“So, one function led to a different. I had labored with Balwinder Singh Janjua, who was the author of Mubarakan. He forged me in his directorial debut OTT collection ‘CAT’ and later in his movie, Tera Kya Hoga Lovely,” the 50-year-old actor told PTI in an interview.

If she played Yashoda, a conventional mother who comes of age in the heart-warming gem Laapataa Ladies, she also featured in the big-budget action drama “Fighter” as Usha, a mother torn between her daughter, essayed by Deepika Padukone, and husband (Ashutosh Rana).

“I had finished an internet collection with director Siddharth Anand titled ‘Flesh’. He later provided me Fighter. It was a small but stunning function. It occurs not often that once you act alongside a celebrity you might be seen in the identical body. It was sort sufficient on the a part of the director and editor to present me that presence,” she added.

There have been times people have approached her for a film, saying “You are taking part in the function of a mom to ‘x’ actor”, a character brief that puzzles the actor, who comes from theatre.

“I’m like, ‘What type of supply is that this?’ There needs to be one thing substantial,” she added.

What has changed for the better is that her characters are no longer nameless.

“When I used to be doing Chhapaak, my character had no identify however within the script her identify was Rama, that is what a girl director (Meghna Gulzar) does. In ‘A Suitable Boy’ (by Mira Nair), my character’s identify was not there intentionally, she was addressed as Mrs Mahesh.

“In ‘12th Fail’, I remember my character’s name Pushpa was written on my hand. When you have a name for your character, you get that confidence. In ‘All India Rank’, my character’s name is Manju. Now, my characters have started having names. This is a big change that has happened,” Geeta stated.

The Wardha-born actor stated most of her administrators like Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra, Anand, and Balwinder Singh Janjua have reached out to work together with her once more.

Mehra collaborated with Geeta on “Delhi 6”, which was her second movie. She was then forged in “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag” and “Mirzya”. Janjua is teaming up with the actor on the upcoming movie “Sab First Class”.

“Whenever I work with a director, they often repeat me. Fortunately, I got to work with some great directors like Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra, Mira Nair, Meghna Gulzar, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, and Varun Grover. I don’t believe in luck but I’m glad I got to be part of great films. Irrespective of whether the role was small or big, it had a proper graph,” she stated.

With her work standing out in numerous movies, folks have additionally began recognising her. Geeta, nevertheless, stated she would not know the way to take compliments.

“I get into a corner, get frightened, and feel the pressure. I remember meeting a man recently at an airport, who asked me for a selfie, and I said, ‘Okay’. He made me walk till two gates and said, ‘I want you to have a picture with my wife’. These things are better than the compliments,” she recalled.

Geeta, who has taught acting to students in Haryana schools and colleges, said she feels a certain responsibility to portray different shades of women on screen.

“Acting is an opportunity for me to live the life of a new person every time, to get into the skin of their personality. Acting is a kind of an art, which definitely has some purpose. If I get to represent the life of everyone around us, it would be great.

“I’ve performed the function of a sports activities coach, a spouse of a politician, a poor lady, amongst many others. Through these characters, I received to stay totally different lives on display screen. There are hundreds of such characters that must be represented. I hope administrators supply me these roles and assume that I can play these elements nicely,” she stated.