New Delhi: Actress Kiara Advani says that working with filmmaker Karan Johar on Lust Stories gave her the confidence to push herself as an actress and try challenging roles.
“I have only Karan Johar to thank for that. He put his trust and faith in me and also saw the potential in me to play the character of Megha as he directed me. As Karan johar does not direct a lot of films, it was more than a dream come true for this opportunity to come my way. His way of directing and guiding me has strengthened my foundation as an artist and actor. I now have the confidence to push myself as an artist and take up challenging roles,” she said.
“I got to play a very liberating character in Lust Stories. It addresses and voices several important issues faced by women. I look forward to playing such strong female protagonists in the coming future as well,” she added.
Lust Stories, an Indian anthology film, consists of four short film segments directed by four different directors: Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee and Karan Johar.
The actress made her acting debut with the 2014 release Fugly. She later went on to star in successful films like MS Dhoni: The Untold Story and the Telugu political drama Bharat Ane Nenu.
Talking about what kind of roles she wants to do in future, the 25-year-old said: “There is a lot I want to do, many genres that I want to try and characters that I want to play. There are a lot of directors that I am hoping to work with. I have been very fortunate to be a part of 3 such directors that I absolutely admire namely, Karan johar, Neeraj Pandey and Abbas Mastan and each of them have such different schools of filmmaking. And so, I hope to work with many more directors that are on my wishlist.”
IANS
