Mrunal Thakur, a well-known television celebrity, popularly known for Ekta Kapoor’s ‘Kumkum Bhagya’ impressed everyone with her performance in Love Sonia.
She was later seen in Hrithik Roshan’s ‘Super 30’ and John Abraham’s ‘Batla House‘.
The actress made a successful shift from TV to films and admits that it was a difficult journey and she was discouraged by many.
The actress tells Pinkvilla, “But I want to say thank you to all the people who said that. Because if they wouldn’t have passed those comments, (then) I wouldn’t be here sitting in front of you. So a big thank you to all of them, who told me that ‘you cannot make it into Bollywood, you should only be a television actress’. I am very happy where I am. Actually, that’s how I got motivated, so I took it in a positive way.”
She further adds, “There were times when I would go for film auditions and they would say that this is not meant for you, but I would still be like ‘ek audition leke rakh do’ (just take one audition and keep). Although there was a lot of criticism, I think that was something that kept me moving.”
When asked about the criticism, Mrunal says “They said that you have a very television face. You are only good for television,” says the actress.
She was also told that if she wanted to get into acting, she should have straight away gone to Bollywood. “Also there was this stereotype mentality where people were like television actors cannot do that transition, but I just wanted to break it and I felt like films were something I was meant for and I didn’t stop.”
Mrunal also has the Shahid Kapoor starrer Jersey and Toofan with Farhan Akhtar in the pipeline.