Sonam Kapoor: “I Like To Play Characters That Represent Real People”

Actress Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, who plays the lead role in the upcoming film, “The Zoya Factor“, says that she finds imperfect and flawed characters more real than those inspirational picture-perfect characters that has been projected in Bollywood cinema for the longest time.

Whether it is “Aisha“, “Khoobsurat“, “Dolly Ki Dolly“, or “Veere Di Weeding“, all of Sonam’s characters are typified as women who make mistakes in life.

“I think young boys and girls were not rightly represented in our films for the longest time. When a character is imperfect, it becomes more relatable because, in real life, we are not perfect. Most of the characters I have portrayed are imperfect, but they represent us. For me, these are real characters,” Sonam told IANS.

She added: “In films, we tend to show the lead character as a perfect one — like, the hero has the solution to everything, and the villain is so dark, and the girl has to be perfect in everything. It’s not real.”

“I like to play characters that represent real people, rather than being aspirational on-screen,” mentioned the “Neerja” actress.