Showing posts with label Akansha Ranjan Kapoor interview. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Akansha Ranjan Kapoor interview. Show all posts
I’m just obsessed with my nieces-Akansha Ranjan
2:33 PM
S Farah Rizvi (HINDUSTAN TIMES; August 26, 2026)
It’s been a year of celebrations for Akansha Ranjan. After tying the knot herself, the actor has now embraced a brand-new role: that of a doting maasi. With her sister, actor Anushka Ranjan, and brother-in-law, Aditya Seal, welcoming twin daughters Vira and Mahi, Akansha admits the reality of this “beautiful moment” is still sinking in.
She shares, “I don’t think I’m able to process it yet. I think my mom and I are both a bit numb and it’s such a big and beautiful moment. I think the more time I spend with my babies, the more it’s going to sink in that, okay, these little girlies are now mine. I am telling this to all, (smiles). So, yeah, I don’t think it’s sunk in yet.”
The Gram Chikatsalay actor recounts meeting her sister after the delivery for a heartfelt hug: “Yes, I was with Didi all the time and met her, it was such a heartwarming time for us. Also after the delivery I actually was more around the little bundle of joys I didn’t want to leave their side. So I was at the hospital the whole time. I’m surely going to be spending time with them, and it will be forever and ever.”
On her excitement about becoming a maasi, she adds, “Honestly, I never really realized how much I could adore kids until my friends started having babies. After that being with them, I fell in love with the kids. But with these two…I even said it when my sister got pregnant, I was in love with them without even having seen them. And now, I’m just obsessed. I’ve not slept all night because I’m missing them so much. I’m constantly going through their pictures. They’re my wallpaper, and I’ve even made a collage of their photos. I’m just... I can’t explain the feeling, honestly, in words.”
Regarding the celebrations in store and her plans as the new maasi, she says, “As maasis are the best planners, but right now, the plan is just to make sure Didi, and the babies are healthy and getting all the care they need. I think things are going to be a little slow for now. Whatever my sister needs, we’re all just looking after her. The celebrations will start soon, once they are home and used to the new setup.”
I don’t want to go to the set just to dance-Akansha Ranjan
10:51 AM
Vinay MR Mishra (MUMBAI MIRROR; July 28, 2026)
Akansha Ranjan may have had a packed year with back-to-back releases and her recent marriage to filmmaker Sharan Sharma, but the actress says her priorities remain unchanged. Akansha says she’s in no hurry to sign projects simply because they are big-ticket ventures.
“It (a project) has to give me something. It has to make me feel creatively excited. It can be a small part, a small film, anything. But am I gaining something from it? Am I learning from a new director? Am I meeting great co-actors? Am I part of a project people love? I’m in no rush to do some big-budget film where people walk out asking, ‘What was that character?’ I don’t want to go to the set just to dance, smile and give beauty shots. I know I have way more potential and way more creativity bubbling inside me. Slowly but surely, I want to work with people who see that. Even if they say they can’t give me a huge opportunity right now but want me to do an important part because they believe in me, I’ll happily do it. I’m trying to build credibility. I want my repertoire to be filled with credible work,” the Gram Shikitsalay actress says.
“I’m still hustling every single day”
Akansha, recently seen in Ikka, admits she feels the pressure of the industry’s constant race.
“That feeling of lagging behind never dies. You have to learn how to balance it. It should motivate you, and it does motivate me. I hustle, audition, call people and pursue work. But that fear hasn’t become a deciding factor in my career. I know where to draw the line,” she says, adding, “Decisions cannot be made in the race to feel superior in that artificial game of magazine covers or paparazzi spotting. Maybe those things give you more followers, but are they creatively what I want in the long run? Not at all. I’m not here to become famous. I’m really here to show people that I can act. If that takes longer, then so be it. But I’m actively pursuing it every single day.”
Marriage has changed my personal life, not my career-Akansha Ranjan
9:24 AM
Vinay MR Mishra (BOMBAY TIMES; July 24, 2026)
Actress Akansha Ranjan tied the knot with filmmaker Sharan Sharma on July 11 in an intimate ceremony attended by close friends and family. While she prefers not to dwell on her wedding, Akansha is clear that marriage hasn't altered her ambitions. In a conversation with Bombay Times, she speaks about balancing personal milestones with professional goal.
'My wedding day was the most beautiful day'
Talking about the wedding, Akansha says, “I am not that person who was going to be like, 'Oh, I want to be a bride. Oh, my wedding’. I've never thought about it. 11th was obviously the meaningful day for me. I wanted it to be special, and I wanted it to be exactly the way I wanted it. Apart from that, it was a party. We just wanted to have fun. I didn't want to stress too much about it. Planning almost got me because I'm very type A and I'm very particular about things. My wedding day was the most beautiful day. I was very happy. It just felt like home. I can look back at that day forever and make no changes to it.”
'Marriage doesn't change what I want to achieve'
Now married to filmmaker Sharan Sharma, Akansha says while marriage naturally changes certain aspects of personal life, it has no bearing on her professional front.
“Things change in your personal life to the extent that they need to change. For instance, now I run my own house. I have to think of the second person when I make decisions. All of those things, for sure. But professionally, it's a whole different ball game. Sharan and I are both very cognizant of the fact that we wouldn't want anything to change because we are so inclined towards what we want to build in our careers. The things I want to achieve have stayed the same since I was five years old. I'm still on that mission and journey. Things will keep happening along the way, but I'm still climbing up that mountain. Nothing one does in their personal life should have an effect on what they want to build professionally," she explains.
"Nothing has changed. It doesn't have to"
Just days after the wedding, Akansha was back at work, attending events and taking meetings. She says there was never a plan to put work on hold. "Two days later I was at an event. We were home in the morning at 11 am and then I was working. Nothing has changed. But that's the thing — it doesn't need to. It doesn't have to. You're just living. I don't need to remove the romance out of it, but eventually marriage was a means to an end — to move on in your life. I love this person; I'd like to live with them and move into a home with them. So, marriage was a means to that, but then you continue your life. I think we both are very pragmatic about it. There's so much we both want to do. He had to deliver his film by the first week of August, so he's gone back to work as well," she adds.
"The audience's love made both releases special"
The actor had reason to celebrate even before her wedding. Gram Chikitsalay Season 2 found a bigger audience than its first season, while her other release Ikka also struck a chord with viewers.
"I'm so happy they both happened before the wedding because I got time to actually feel it. Right now, I'm so dazed and zoned out that I don't know my head from my hand. Gram Chikitsalay doing well, season two doing much better than season one, made me very happy because we genuinely believed we had something good. It gave me the creative satisfaction we wanted. Then the other release also started getting so much love," she says.
Anurag Kashyap loved my performance in Monica O My Darling. Sriram Raghavan praised me-Akansha Ranjan Kapoor
8:39 AM
BOMBAY TIMES (November 11, 2022)
Akansha Ranjan Kapoor made her acting debut with Guilty and followed it up with the web anthology Ray. The actress, who is all set for the release of the film Monica O My Darling on Netflix, talks about how filmmakers have reacted to her role after watching the film at a special screening.
A special screening of Monica O My Darling, which drops on OTT today, was held recently. What was the response to your role?
There was a screening for people in the industry, after which I got a message from Anurag Kashyap, who said he loved my performance. Even Sriram Raghavan sir met me at an event and praised me. That’s when I felt that maybe my character, Nikki, has been received well and will make an impact.
What kind of roles do you want to feature in?
If you are hung up on a particular kind of role, you limit the possibilities. My only criteria is to do movies wherein filmmakers take me seriously as an actor and feature me in roles that will stay with the audience.
So far you have worked in the OTT space. Any plans to step on the big screen?
I am extremely grateful for OTT and where it has gotten me today. But, of course, who doesn’t want to see themselves in a cinema hall full of audience cheering for them. Hopefully, that will happen soon.
Are you happy with your showbiz journey so far?
I believe I’m a great manifester. I got an opportunity to work with directors and actors I’ve looked up to — be it actors like Rajkummar Rao, Radhika Apte and Kiara Advani or filmmakers like Vasan Bala. I have done ad films with Alia Bhatt, Yami Gautam, Katrina Kaif and one of my favourite directors — Abhishek Varman. I have a long way to go, but I am proud of my journey and excited to see what lies ahead.
An OTT release is great, but feels incomplete-Akansha Ranjan Kapoor
8:01 AM
Sugandha Rawal (HINDUSTAN TIMES; July 28, 2021)
Actor Akansha Ranjan Kapoor is enjoying her journey in the OTT world, but she does miss the excitement and feeling of a big-screen debut.
Last year, when the lockdown was imposed, she made her debut with Guilty, which premiered on an OTT platform, and her second project, an anthology series, Ray, also released on the web.
“I am more than happy my projects are being released on OTT because more people get to watch it. They can also watch it 10 years from now. So, especially at this point of time, I think releasing on OTT is great,” Kapoor admits.
However, she says this experience is accompanied by an “incomplete feeling”. “I remember everyone asking me, ‘How excited are you that your film is releasing tomorrow?’. And I was like, ‘I don’t even feel that it is releasing tomorrow’, ” says the 25-year-old.
The actor further adds, “[The next day], I went for lunch with my girlfriends to celebrate and I bumped into people, who were like, ‘Aye! Your film is releasing today’. That is not a normal release day. Normally, you are busy promoting and working, and I’m just going for lunch. That feeling was very unnerving. The feeling on release is supposed to be high but it was just another day for me.”
For Kapoor, it was very upsetting “because everything that comes with a release — the fear and excitement — wasn’t there”.
That said, she is grateful that her projects are releasing at least, and has made peace with the fact that “most of the projects will continue to release on digital platforms for another year”.
“I’m very content with where I am in my life. I am excited about where I am today and grateful. And when my film opens on the big screen toh double excited hungi,” she ends on an optimistic note.
Actors and cinema have a way of influencing society-Akansha Ranjan Kapoor
8:32 AM
Titas Chowdhury (HINDUSTAN TIMES; March 20, 2020)
Akansha Ranjan Kapoor, who recently marked her debut with a web film, says that acting has always been her big dream. Despite being friends with a young brigade of actors and coming from a film lineage, she says that she had to audition for her part in the film. “I auditioned for Guilty without knowing much about the project other than the fact that it was a digital film. Once I got shortlisted, they asked me to come for a meeting and then told me that I was locked. I had to wait for only 13 days as against any other film where you need to wait for a month or so,” elaborates Kapoor, who reveals that her first audition was for Lekar Hum Deewana Dil (2014).
The young actor says that she’s happy to be part of the industry at this time. “It’s such a great time to be an actor. Nobody cares about how pretty you are or the kind of body type that you have. What matters is that you are a good actor. The Dangal (2016) girls (Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra) are doing so well. If you are a good performer, you’ll be respected for your work, and eventually, you’ll get more work,” says the 26-year-old.
Going ahead, Kapoor shares that she would want to strike a balance between doing commercial Hindi films and the ones that send out important social messages. “It’s always better if you can bring about a change in society. Actors and cinema have a way of influencing society. That being said, I won’t deny the fact that I want to do a mainstream film and there’s no two ways about it,” she says and adds, “But thankfully, the lines between commercial and content-driven films are blurring now. Thappad is a shining example of that, and I’m desperate to work with Zoya (Akhtar), Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Anubhav Sinha.”
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