SHARVARI

Sharvari, the breakout star of Munjya and Vedaa, in conversation with Ipsita Kaul about her decade-long auditioning journey, relationship with dance and foray into action

Imagine a television set from the ‘90s, one of those boxy ones. Press play on an Aishwarya Rai Bachchan or a Madhuri Dixit song, remote in hand, standing valiantly in hopes of doing some semblance of justice to the very able dancing genome of these brilliant performers. For Sharvari, being a Bollywood star is bringing that childhood ritual to life. The Munjya actor is a new addition to Bollywood but is already making waves. Now, onto her fourth major project with Alia Bhatt in the YRF-backed spy universe film, Alpha, she’s primed to prove her mettle in the action realm for the second time, with Vedaa being her premier tryst with the challenging genre.

“Being able to be a part of Dinesh Vijan’s horror comedy universe and YRF’s spy universe–the two big IPs of Bollywood–is a huge motivator for me as an actor. I’m just grateful to Vijan and Aditya Chopra for believing in me and giving me this chance,” she shares. When quizzed about her genre of preference, on the lines of something that comes more naturally to her, she strongly opines, “I don’t think that there’s anything that comes naturally. The prep for both movies is absolutely contrasting because, for Munjya, I was supposed to get into the skin of the ghost at one point and work on a lot of body language. The YRF spy universe has a lot of intense action training and dietary restrictions because it’s such cool action. You really really want to get into the skin of that character and do justice to the action script that has been designed for you.”