Shriya Pilgaonkar And Her Comfort Zone

The versatile actor talks about how she caught the acting bug, portraying Sweety in Mirzapur, and projects in the pipeline

Did you always want to be an actor?

Not really. I was into sports, and was a competitive swimmer as a child. I had quite a few ambitions. I wanted to be an astronaut and a detective, among many other things. But I also enjoyed performing, and I would participate in debates, elocutions, plays, and dances in school. I would also go to my parents’ (actors Supriya and Sachin Pilgaonkar) shoots and I distinctly remember being comfortable in that environment. I caught the acting bug, however, when I started learning Kathak; I trained in the dance form for about eight years.

You were recently seen in the web series Mirzapur. How did that come about?