Sobhita Dhulipala recalls being told she wasn’t ‘fair enough’ when she started her career

Actor Sobhita Dhulipala recalled the early days of her career in a recent interview and revealed she was subjected to mean comments about her complexion and face. However, that didn’t deter her from pursuing her acting dreams. She said she instead started brainstorming ways to be more ‘creative’ and have her way despite what people thought of her looks.

In an interview with Indian Express, Sobhita shared that during her advertising days, she was subjected to unfavourable comments.

‘When you are starting out, everything is a battle. I am not from the movies. I remember in my ad auditions I was told many times that I am not ‘gori’ (fair) enough. There were these things which you see at ad level, where I was told to my face that I am not pretty enough. Not that I was (dejected),’ she said.

The actor said she realized that people’s idea of what makes one ‘pretty’ was ‘narrow and of a certain kind.’

‘I started thinking how I can be creative, still be a part of this industry because I am really passionate about it and work for it every single day. That’s when you start thinking out of the box, instead of waiting for a brilliant successful commercial filmmaker to ‘discover’ you. What is in my control is to go for auditions, give my 100 percent,’ she said.

Recounting how she was thrilled to collaborate with Anurag Kashyap for her debut project Raman Raghav 2.0’, she said it turned out to be her ‘school’.

When asked how she managed to remain unfazed despite comments about her, Sobhita said she was always clear she wanted to enter the industry to be an actor and not a star.

‘When you really love acting, you won’t be worried about this, because you will act. But if your goal is to be a star and work backwards, that what are the different ways where I can be a star, then you will be stressed, that, ‘Ok, a star should be these things.’ But I don’t find myself in that lane,’ she said.

‘Of course, I would love to be celebrated, because what is art without spectators? But on days when I am not feeling very secure, I remind myself that I have come a long way, from the coast of Visakhapatnam and it has been great so far and there is so much more that I want to do,’ she added.

Sobhita Dhulipala will be next seen in ‘The Night Manager’ season two, which also stars Anil Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapur. The show will premiere on June 30.