Alaya F on nepotism: Just because I am privileged doesn’t mean I am not going to work hard

Pooja Bedi’s daughter Alaya F is making her Bollywood debut with ‘Jawaani Jaaneman’. The starlet said in an interview with Mumbai Mirror that she didn’t want to be an actress. She told, “I was good in academics and had bagged several extra-curricular awards, so I could have done a lot of other things with my life. But since I loved films, I decided to be a director and enrolled for a four-year course in filmmaking at New York University.”

After a year, Alaya realised that she loves acting. So, when she returned to India for a summer break, she told her mother that she wants to act. She said, “She (Pooja Bedi) told me I was being indecisive. No one took me seriously then, so, I took control and completed all the documentation needed to get into the New York Film Academy. I got admission, made my five-year plan and went to my parents, wanting their approval. That was the best decision I ever made.”

While talking about the nepotism debate, she said, “We need to realise that even in our struggle, we are privileged. If we got rejected in 10 auditions, someone else has got the thumbs down 100 times. Their struggle is greater than ours. But just because I’m privileged, doesn’t mean that I’m not going to do what I love and work hard at it.”

Alaya said that there were several meetings and auditions before she got the offer of  ‘‘Jawaani Jaaneman’. She got rejected several times and then she got lucky to bag this film. “I am glad that I got rejected and grateful my debut is happening with Saif sir and Tabu ma’am. It didn’t feel real until I started shooting the film,” said Alaya.

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