Kalki Koechlin: After so many years in this industry, I’ve learnt that struggle is an on-going process

Recently we came across the moving story of ‘Gulaal’ actor Savi Sidhu. Due to the financial crisis, the actor has now taken up the job of a security guard to make the ends meet. In this film industry, you will find several such supremely talented artistes full of struggle stories. ‘Gully Boy’ star Kalki Koechlin is one such actress who despite giving some stellar performances has faced several obstacles to get where she is today. Kalki, however, feels that struggle is an on-going process as they never really end.

Kalki is one of those rare celebs who like to call a spade a spade. She is always vocal about her views and doesn’t care if they are in sync with popular views. Opening up about her struggle as a ‘white’ child growing up in India, Kalki in a post for Humans of Bombay wrote, “I had an amazing childhood. For the most part, I was never aware that I was ‘white’. I didn’t feel like an outsider until much later. As I grew up, I noticed the difference. When I was a teenager, my friends & I would go on trips to the beach & people would approach me to buy drugs. I also had a nagging fear that I was being hit on because people thought I didn’t follow Indian customs.”

You can read her entire post below:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvMWr-zgnbx/

Kalki made her acting debut in Bollywood with Anurag Kashyap‘s ‘Dev D'(2009). The film went on to be a success and was critically acclaimed too. But despite that Kalki wasn’t offered a role for two years. Fed up, the actress went on to write and act in her own plays. In 2011, she had four films lined up for release.

Kalki concluded saying struggles are part of life and can find one at any phase of their career. And the best way to deal with them is that one should simply sleep it off and begin again.

These words of wisdom are so insightful and thank you Kalki for sharing your story with us.

Also Read:  Kalki Koechlin on Bollywood: I’m a small pawn in a sea of chess players

Pooja Sharma

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