Sonakshi Sinha says she was never groomed to be actor: 'Never visited my dad's sets as a child'

Sonakshi Sinha, who will soon be seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 'Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar', has opened up on her acting journey. Sonakshi said that she was never groomed to be an actor and that she never visited her dad’s sets.

“I have grown throughout my profession. I’ve learned through experience. I started off completely from scratch. I had no experience of being on a film set. I used to not visit my dad’s sets when I was a child. I had no training, whether it was acting or dancing or anything. I was not groomed for it and I was literally thrown into the deep end of the pool and said ‘okay now swim, and that’s how I learned’,” Sonakshi said at the 24th edition of FICCI Frames.

Talking about her roles, she said that she has enjoyed her experience. She shared that in 14 years she has done ‘all sorts of roles.’

“I started off with these really commercial masala films where it was always about the hero, the hero, the hero. Which I’m not complaining about. It really gave me an audience. It gave me a far and wide reach. It gave me confidence. When I was able to kind of shoulder films on my own, that’s when I started playing really strong female characters, which were different from the others,” she further shared.

The actor is all set for her upcoming release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar.’ The series also features Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Sharmin Segal, and Sanjeeda Sheikh. 'Heeramandi' will narrate the story of courtesans of Lahore and will explore the different aspects of their lives. It will be set in the pre-independent era. It will be released on Netflix.