Shweta Tripathi Sharma had a successful 2020 with a number of releases such as Raat Akeli Hai, Cargo, Mirzapur season 2 and The Gone Game. And this year, she has four projects lined up. The 35-year-old says that she is glad to have a range of roles to play and hasn’t reached the point where she has to refuse projects due to date issues.

“Often people approach me with phrases like lead female role hai, central character hai or festival ke liye film’. It is funny as they think these words will make me accept the projects but that is not my driving force. I like my life to be simple and my characters to be dramatic. Everyone wants money and popularity but that is not why I became an actor. If there is not much for me to do or learn, then I don’t pick those roles. Though date issues aren’t a problem yet, but I had auditioned for Dangal (2016) and Secret Superstar (2017) for the lead roles. But I didn’t get the parts. Hats off to the actors who played it as they nailed it,” says the Masaan (2015) actor who is excited to be playing a happy-in-love college girl in her next web series.

Sharma is thrilled with the response to her performances and her future projects. She adds that there is expectation from the audiences and then “there are expectations you have from yourself”. “I wanted to be a lawyer as I wanted to make a difference in society but now, I can still do that being an actor. When you can use your moral compass and portray values through your roles that you believe in, it is great,” she says.