IANS
New Delhi: From a journey which started with modelling to featuring in music videos, reality TV shows and films, actress Gauhar Khan has come a long way in her showbiz career. She says she doesn’t feel the need to be in soap operas because as it is, she is “accepted (across) the industry”.
Gauhar says people want to see her real side and, therefore, she likes to feature mostly in reality shows like she did in “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3” and “Bigg Boss 7”.
“I am accepted (across) the industry. The best part about my journey is that I have got more and more love, continuing love for Gauhar Khan, the personality than Gauhar Khan the actor, you know; so I feel like if reality is what people want to see me in, then that’s what I am going to give them,” Gauhar said.
Gauhar, 34, took the acting plunge with Yash Raj Films’ “Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year”. She believes people can connect with her and that is the “greatest victory” for her. “When people can relate to me for the person I am and women and girls of all ages come up to me and say that I am a kind of an inspiration for them, that’s what is my motto of life. That’s what I want to do. I want to influence people in a positive way. So, if reality television is that, so I think it works,” Gauhar said.
Of late, content-driven films are turning out to be bigger winners than the typical commercial, mainstream movies. Gauhar herself has been a part of such projects — “Begum Jaan” being a case in point.