When the going gets tough, not giving up is the mantra, says Zoa Morani. She says the initial setback in her career made her take a “step back and introspect”. After her debut, Always Kabhi Kabhi (2011), her next project Mastaan never took off and Bhaag Johnny (2015) didn’t do well. She shares, “I wasn’t able to prove myself in my first film. I was at the lowest in my life.”

And then came a point when she thought of starting from scratch and joined theatre workshop. “Luckily, OTT happened and I got Akoori and Bhoot Purva. Web has definitely opened up so much more for actors like me,” she says.

Daughter of producer Karim Morani, on the nepotism debate, she says, “It doesn’t matter who your parents are. Maybe someone else’s journey is different, but we all go through the same grind.”