Neena Gupta says she used to pray that her film do not release: ‘I used to do stupid, horribly written roles’ | Bollywood FilmyMeet

Neena Gupta has been working in the industry for several decades. The actor shared in a new interview with Siddharth Kannan that she was part of several films in the beginning of her career which were ‘horribly written’ because she had to earn her living. Her roles were so bad that the actor even prayed to God that those films would not release. (Also read: Neena Gupta says ‘koi feeling nahi hai’ when asked about emotional journey of becoming a grandmother)

What Neena said

When Neena was asked whether there have been instances in the past where she had to do the role even though her heart did not agree to do it, she said: “I have done it for years! When I came here to do films we could not even meet the director. I used to do very bad, stupid, horribly written roles like that of a servant. But I had no other solution. I came against my parents’ wishes so I did not want to take money from them.”

She went to add, “I have done so much bad roles that sometimes I used to pray to God ki ye release nahi ho ye picture (wish that the film does not release) because it was so bad. My value is that I will suffer but I will not ask for money. That is my value.”

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Neena recently won the National Award for Uunchai in the Best Actress in a Supporting Role category. It was her third. She had won the National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director for Bazar Sitaram (1993), and National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Woh Chokri (1994). The actor was last seen in Kaagaz 2. She is awaiting the release of her series, 1000 Babies.