MUMBAI: Rakul Preet Singh, an actress, recently talked about how she handled losing multiple movies. Rakul disclosed in an interview that she was fired from two high-profile Telugu movies and that she was not even told about it. For those who don't know, Rakul debuted as an actor in a Kannada film in 2009. In addition, she appeared in a number of Tamil and Telugu movies before launching her Bollywood career in Yaariyan in 2013.
During an interview, Rakul said, “I was replaced from a film after shooting for four days before I did my debut. It was a Telugu film with Prabhas. The producer realised that an already established actress would work better for the role rather than going in for a fresh girl. That's why I was replaced. I was not even informed. I went to Delhi after finishing the schedule and I was like 'Okay, never mind'.
She added, “Then that happened the second time after two to three months, but that time I had only signed the project. I later got to know that they signed someone else. Both the films were big. If such things happen frequently, people in the industry wonder what the problem with the actor is. So I knew I will not get my first big launch and I was prepared to work my way up.”
She then revealed her way of dealing with being replaced saying, “Sometimes when you don't have much knowledge about how the industry functions, you don't take things to your heart. There is beauty in innocence. At that time, I was so naive that I thought 'Accha nikaal diya...okay, maybe ye mere liye tha hi nahi...kuch aur karenge'. I was not corrupted. But when you have a lot of information and when you have people around who (tell negative things to you), it poisons you. There was no such person around me and that was the best part.”
The actress also acknowledged that nepotism had prevented her from getting cast in a few Bollywood movies. She did, however, state that she was in favor of nepotism and that she would assist her own children in the future.
Rakul, on the other hand, has Bhumi Pednekar and Arjun Kapoor in her cat, Mere Husband Ki Biwi. She is in a movie with Luv Ranjan as well. Rakul is reportedly slated to play the part of Surpanakha, the sister of Ravan, in Nitesh Tiwari's next epic film, Ramayana.
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