From playing a trans woman in web series Pati Patni Aur Panga to a young woman battling mental health issues in short film Chuha Billi, Adah Sharma’s recent onscreen roles are anything but conventional, something that the actor takes pride in.

“Prasad Kadam (director) wrote Chuha Billi keeping me in mind. I am really fortunate that directors are writing stuff for me. I am glad that directors think I can pull off characters like this. Even the next few projects that I am doing are very different. I like it when people do experimental stuff, they only think of me,” she says.

Sharma reveals that she doesn’t like chasing after assignments and will never do it. “I pick my projects intuitively. I don’t have a plan and I can do anything. I can’t have an agenda, it kills the whole joy of making movies and content. Mine is wholly an instinct-based [approach]. If somebody offers me a role and I think it will get me excited to get up in the morning, then that’s only when I say yes,” she explains.

And going with her gut is what she wants to continue doing. “Every time I have gone against it, I have been wrong. I blindly follow my intuition,” the actor adds.

The 28-year-old actor feels that the perception about her as an actor has also changed over the years.

“I started with a horror film (1920; 2008). Then I did quite a few commercial films down south. I did a lot of films which had me tap my acting potential. I am glad that everyone sees a different ‘Adah’ in me and offers me different roles. Every director sees something else. So I get different stuff to do,” she says, while adding that the web medium have also contributed to the different roles that are coming her way.

“So many roles which I probably wouldn’t have got an opportunity to do in a feature film, I can do them in short or web projects,” she ends.