Difficult times for creative people: Sonakshi Sinha

Sonakshi Sinha admits that it has become harder than ever to speak the “whole and entire truth” today, revealing that filmmakers and actors are playing it safe with the movie topics they choose.

Addressing whether mainstream cinema actively avoids tough real-world issues, the actor confessed that showing raw reality on screen just isn’t always possible.

“If you speak the truth too much, the film also stops in today’s time. It’s difficult to speak the whole and entire truth. So, I think, people are much more careful with the subjects that they’re choosing, with the truth they want to get out there, with what they’re trying to convey. I think we live in slightly difficult times as creative people, we don’t have that freedom anymore,” the actor said in an interview.

Sinha made her Hindi cinema debut in 2010 with Salman Khan’s “Dabbang”. The film was a massive hit at the box office. Sinha has since built an impressive portfolio with critically-acclaimed performances in “Lootera”, “Akira”, “Mission Mangal”, and OTT shows “Dahaad” and “Heeramandi”.

Looking back at her journey of over 15 years in movies, Sinha said the industry is different from when she joined movies and one of reasons is the rise of social media.

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“It’s gotten tougher, I feel, because there was not that much exposure. There was social media, now it has become huge. So, I feel I came at a slightly nicer time and things just started going down from there,” she said.

The actor said experience has helped her make better choices, while also bringing about a change in her as a person. “As an actor and as a person, you grow up. I feel I’m a much different person than I was then,” she said.

Sinha admitted that some projects have left her with “nightmares” and regrets but she would never disown them. “Everybody makes mistakes in their life. We are also the same. You just have to move on.”

Sinha is currently awaiting the release of “System”, a legal drama which also stars Jyothika and actor-filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker.

“System”, which will make its debut on Prime Video on May 22, has been produced by Pammi Baweja, Harman Baweja, and Smitha Baliga, and written by Harman Baweja, Arun Sukumar, Tiwari, Tasneem Lokhandwala, and Akshat Ghildial.