Here, the 22 year old speaks about how she started her career and the exciting new phase in her professional life.So tell us about how you got into films.
You know there was this time when music videos were so on trend. I was around 16 then when I became fascinated with it, too. So in high school, I shot for my first music video with Sugam Pokharel. To this date, people remember me from the 'School Pathshala' video and I attribute that to my success, in a way. That gave me a taste of acting, I think. I was also a TV reporter for three years during which I received my first offer.
You've worked in five films. Do you think you've grown as an actor?
When I did '3 Lovers', I didn't have any training and it was more about learning the technical aspects of filmmaking like, camera and team work. But when I got the offer for 'Madhumas', I decided to take a workshop so I took classes from Anup Baral. Then before I started working for 'Ajhai Pani', I joined Birendra Hamal's acting workshop and also took part in street plays. These trainings have really helped. When I look back at my first film, I can't believe how bad I was and I can easily pinpoint my flaws. Now I feel confident to discuss ideas with my colleagues and give inputs. My work in my recent two films makes me proud.
What does the future have in store for you?
There is 'Prem Geet' with the 'Chankhe Shankhe Pankhe' team which will go on floors later this year. A huge development in my career is that I'm turning producer with 'Meera'. I'm really excited about this stage in my professional life. I will not be acting in this film as I want to focus only on one job. I'm most likely to be distracted and stressed if I try both acting and being a producer. The film industry has given me so much and I wanted to give back something too.
Is your family supportive of what you do?
Yes. In fact, they are the ones who keep pushing me to work more. They're constantly asking me why I only do one film a year. I have to explain that I can only work in an environment that I'm comfortable in; otherwise I won't be able to give my best. And especially now that I'm turning producer, I've begun to really understand how attached and invested producers and directors are in their films. So I feel as an actor I have to do the best I can for the films I work in.
Do you have any suggestions for how the film industry can improve?
I see that when a film becomes successful, the industry decides to follow suit and make the same genre of films until its fun and excitement quotient is exhausted. I wish we made different genres of films to explore our ideas and also so that our audiences could enjoy them, instead of churning out films just for the sake of it.
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