NEW DELHI, Aug 19: After playing docile roles in “Ishq Vishk”, “Vivah” and “Welcome to Sajjanpur”, actress Amrita Rao is gearing up to show her rebellious streak in Prakash Jha’s “Satyagraha”.
Though, the 32-year-old actress is happy about her previous roles, Amrita says she is particularly “proud” of her performance in the upcoming political-thriller.
“I have done a lot of films which I am happy about but this one (Satyagraha) I am proud of. As an actress it is a privilege to play someone representing the youth of our country. It is such a sensitive subject… It almost felt like I was living the angst of the youth. There were moments while shooting, where everyone felt frustrated seeing what is happening in our nation today,” Amrita told.
“Satyagraha” deals with the movement of the middle class against corruption. With a stellar star cast including Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Bajpai and Kareena Kapoor Khan, the movie is set to hit the theatres on August 30.
Amrita, who plays Bachchan’s daughter-in-law in the movie, says the film tries to portray India’s reality today and shooting for it was quite emotional.
“Jhaji has always made films with a light of reality and the audience has always accepted it. It was an overwhelming film to work in,” she added.
Amrita describes her character in “Satyagraha” as a morally upright and strong girl from a small town who represents the “aam aadmi”.
“Sumitra Anand comes from a small town, educated family. She symbolises the aam aadmi who faces so many obstacles in day-to-day working. There is so much corruption on so many levels of democracy that the common man is deprived of the basic rights. In the fight against all of this she become a part of satyagraha,” Amrita said.
The actress has denied reports suggesting the movie is based on the Anna Hazare campaign or the Nirbhaya case.
“Cinema is a platform open to all kind of views and it is very unrealistic to think that everyone can be happy. Such a historic event happened recently so it will be foolish to think that one will enact it on stage. The movie is not about Anna Hazare or Arvind Kejrival. It is about any issue that can be taken to streets.”
In her next movie “Singh Sahab the Great”, Amrita will be playing a news reporter opposite actor Sunny Deol and the actress thinks it is time directors offered her something besides the “earthy roles”.
“I want to explore new kind of roles. In ‘Jolly LLB’ also the role was a little outgoing and wacky. I hope directors start taking notice of this and offer me different roles.” (PTI)
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