Actor Shefali Shah says she is “obsessed” with work but none of her career choices stem from a desire to be continuously seen on screen.
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In 2022, the versatile actor has featured in critical successes such as shows Human and Delhi Crime 2, as well as movies Jalsa with Vidya Balan, Darlings co-starring Alia Bhatt, and the recently released “Doctor G” alongside Ayushmann Khurrana.
“This is the first year in my entire life where I have had five releases and it wasn’t planned. I have never done so much work in my entire life that I did in past one year. I went from Human to Jalsa to Doctor G. It is such a wide array… I don’t understand business, but I don’t want to work just because I have to be seen,” Shefali told PTI.
The actor said the current phase of her career is like a “win-win” situation as she is getting the opportunity to play interesting parts.
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“It is a win-win. I think anybody who was offered Delhi Crime would blindly say yes,” she said.
Known for her roles in TV series Banegi Apni Baat and Hasratein and films Satya, Waqt: The Race Against Time, Gandhi, My Father and Dil Dhadakne Do among others, Shefali Shah said she makes sure all her characters are “distinctively different”.
“Every character has to be a distinctively different person. You don’t remember Shefali Shah, you remember a character and that is my intent,” she added.
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The 49-year-old actor said she is glad that filmmakers are able to look beyond her image of a serious performer.
“As an actor, I am happy I am able to break the thing that ‘she does serious roles’, ‘Darlings’ was great and refreshing. ‘Doctor G’ is a funny film but the character I am playing is very serious.”
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In Doctor G, Shefali essays the role of Dr. Nandini Srivastav. The actor said she found the script of the Anubhuti Kashyap-directed movie “interesting”.
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The campus comedy drama follows Uday Gupta (Ayushmann), a budding doctor, who ends up as the only male gynaecologist in an all-women batch.
“I found the script really funny and it is very interesting because you normally talk about women in a man’s world and here you are talking about men in a woman’s world,” she said.
Following Doctor G, Shefali Shah said she will have some time off and will start working on new projects next year.
“There are two projects that I will do next year but they are still in the scripting stage, so I am just waiting,” she said.
