It's Not About Cinema, It's About The Kind Of Stories I Want To Tell...

She has been in the spotlight ever since her breakthrough in the 2015 critically acclaimed film Masaan. From playing a school girl to a gun-wielding woman, she has done it all. Manpreet Kaur Hora speaks to SHWETA TRIPATHI SHARMA about how it’s been a decade and she is still playing a teenager’s role and the directors she aspires to work with.

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Your next film Gone Kesh is about alopecia, which is not a much discussed topic in films. Were you previously aware about this topic?

Even in real life not many people know about it, that was the major reason I wanted to do the film. Because as actors, we get to play so many characters and get to live so many stories, so it is important to know about such topics. If you can educate people and inform them about certain things then why not? I had no idea about alopecia. After reading about it now, how the journey of a person is and just not the person who is going through it but the people around you, who care for you, their lives also change. There is an understanding that alopecia is not a big deal because it is not lifethreatening. But while it’s not lifethreatening, it sure is life-altering.

How have things changed for you from Kya Mast Hai Life to Gone Kesh? It’s been a decade and you are still playing a teenager’s role.