Sonakshi Sinha has been an actor for a full decade now, but she has been a part of the industry ever since she was born. Daughter of actor Shatrughan Sinha, she must have seen everything from close quarters, including the way the industry has changed. She agrees, and says, “I have always been a part of this, but always kept away from it. It was not something you know because it’s so close to home, it was not something I was automatically drawn towards. I was more interested in sports, art and fashion designing, which is what I went on to do.”

Adding that things have indeed changed a lot, she continues, “From the stories I hear from my father about their way of working and the industry, it was very different. It has evolved, as it happens with any industry. Times have changed, audiences have changed, tastes have changed. The style of working has become different nowadays... It is really a whole new level of professionalism which I have experienced.”

That fates change in Bollywood every Friday is something which is common knowledge. What sells today can be rejected by audiences tomorrow. Digital releases surging amid the pandemic and shutdown of theatres, until recently, further proves this dynamic nature of the business. Sinha, whose upcoming film Bhuj: The Pride of India will also release on OTT, realises that well. “Very early on in my career, I kind of left it to the universe, that this is a place which is unpredictable in nature. There will be things thrown at you, and you will have to handle. Then there are things which you will have to take control over or let go of,” the 33-year-old says.

Maintaining that she has never tried to go against the flow, Sinha adds, “I don’t stress about things not in my control. Fortunately, I was able to understand this very early on. That’s what helped me sail through as well.”