Nia Sharma opens up on not having work for 9 months: Did not earn a single penny

Nia Sharma said that she was out of employment for several months when her programme, Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai, was off-air. She stated that it was a terrible period for her because she was “alone in Mumbai” with no friends and no income. Nia received her big break in Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai, where she played Manvi Chaudhary, the parallel lead. The show was cancelled in 2013. In 2014, she was cast in Jamai Raja.

Nia stated in an interview with radio DJ Siddharth Kannan, “When I came to this industry, I was all by myself. I was fresh from Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai, which was the show that made me. Uske baad poora ek saal ka gap tha (After that, there was a gap of a year).” Nia said that back then, Instagram was not a source of income for actors, as it is now. 

 

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She said that even now, she does not have a ‘concrete project’ but gets work in the form of music videos, brand collaborations and other things. But in 2013, that was not the case.

“So after Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai till Jamai Raja, there was a nine-month gap. I was all alone in Mumbai. I had no friends because obviously, I was new. I stayed in my shell. I worked on myself, I started learning belly dancing. Woh jo 9 mahine guzar gaye and I realised ki koi kaam nahi tha, kuch nahi tha, not a single penny I had earned, no friends… I think woh ek period tha jo mujhe dobara nahi jeena tha (I never want to relive those nine months, when I had no work, no friends and did not earn a single penny),” she said.

Nia recently appeared as a guest on Bigg Boss OTT and also features in a new music video named Do Ghoot. Her most recent full-fledged acting project was the second season of Zee5’s Jamai 2.0, in which she co-starred with Ravi Dubey.

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