Actress Geeta Agrawal Sharma, who was recently seen in superhit movies like ’12th Fail’ and ‘Laapataa Ladies’, says though her screen time was limited to supporting roles, it never went unnoticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From playing the role of Madam Aulakh, who was a politician running a cocaine racket in the state of Punjab in crime thriller web series “CAT”, to Pushpa, a resilient mother in the motivational film “12th Fail” who eventually takes the charge of the house and farm, Geeta is gradually becoming constant in projects across genres and formats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The actress began her career in bollywood with the TV shows like \u201cKaisa Yeh Ishq Hai\u201d and made her film debut with her first movie in the year 2007 \u201cFoto\u201d. A decade later, she was seen in the comedy movie “Mubarakan”, which gave her a role in “OMG 2”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I had done \u2018Mubarakan\u2019 in which I had worked alongside Pavan Malhotra, and he suggested my name to the director of \u2018OMG 2\u2019 (Amit Rai), as he had seen my work earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“So, one role led to another. I had worked with Balwinder Singh Janjua, who was the writer of \u2018Mubarakan\u2019. He cast me in his directorial debut OTT series \u2018CAT\u2019 and later in his film, \u2018Tera Kya Hoga Lovely\u2019,” the 50-year-old actor told PTI in an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I had done a web series with director Siddharth Anand titled \u2018Flesh\u2019. He later offered me \u2018Fighter\u2019. It was a small yet beautiful role. It happens rarely that when you act alongside a superstar you are visible in the same frame. It was kind enough on the part of the director and editor to give me that presence,” she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been times people have approached her for a film, saying “You are playing the role of a mother to ‘x’ actor”, a character brief that puzzles the actor, who comes from theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I\u2019m like, \u2018What kind of offer is this?\u2019 There has to be something substantial,” she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What has changed for the better is that her characters are no longer nameless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When I was doing \u2018Chhapaak\u2019, my character had no name but in the script her name was Rama, this is what a woman director (Meghna Gulzar) does. In \u2018A Suitable Boy\u2019 (by Mira Nair), my character\u2019s name was not there deliberately, she was addressed as Mrs Mahesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In \u201812th Fail\u2019, I remember my character\u2019s name Pushpa was written on my hand. When you have a name for your character, you get that confidence. In \u2018All India Rank\u2019, my character\u2019s name is Manju. Now, my characters have started having names. This is a big change that has happened,” Geeta said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I\u2019ve played the role of a sports coach, a wife of a politician, a poor woman, among many others. Through these characters, I got to live different lives on screen. There are thousands of such characters that should be represented. I hope directors offer me those roles and think that I can play those parts well,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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