REE-SPIRITED Tara Sutaria

A favourite fashion muse and a passionate singer, Tara aces bridalwear and switches her style gear with ease both on and off the ramp. The actor gets candid with Brides Today.

- SHRADDHA CHOWDHURY

One’s profession doesn’t define them—this is a belief Tara Sutaria reiterates over the course of our conversation and, more evidently, lives by. Surrounded by lush greenery in the tony neighbourhood of Bandra in Mumbai, for her cover shoot with Brides Today, she walks in with a warm smile and transitions into a glamazon for the camera. One of the most desirable faces in Indian fashion today, Tara’s as alluring in traditional attire as she is in a sensuous ball gown, or the everyday ensemble. Unperturbed by the legions of hair and make-up artists, stylists and others on the crew, Tara is poised before the lens, also glowing from the success of her latest release. Brides Today gets to see the real woman behind her on-camera persona.

Brides Today: You recently spoke about your bashful, introverted nature working against you when you started out in the industry. How have you learnt to navigate the business since then?

Tara Sutaria: “Yes, when I entered the industry, I was a lot more introverted than I am now. I was painfully shy, which I still am in a lot of ways. But I’ve been able to get through a lot of things through experience and a bit of growing up. I got to know people, allowed myself to be more open around people. This greatly helped me learn to find my way. It is also part of life and growing up; they teach you so much. But in the industry that I am a part of, it is crucial to be a people’s person. And that is something I have really been working on because I recognised early on that being introverted and shy wasn’t necessarily going to be helpful all the time. Luckily, while figuring my way through it all and navigating how to be when I am working, I managed to stay true to myself through it all and be real. When I come home, I am still the same me.”