Her Balancing Act

With Goldfish, actor Kalki Koechlin continues to maintain her equilibrium between mainstream and art films

- SEEMA SINHA

Kalki Koechlin likes balance, in life and work. Her repertoire comprises a nearly equal number of films from parallel and commercial cinema. For every Dev.D, she has done a A Death in a Gunj; for every Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (YJHD), there’s a Ribbon, and for every Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (ZNMD), there’s a Waiting. “I loved being on the sets of YJHD and ZNMD and have great memories. But with parallel cinema, you have a smaller crew and are often shooting on tight budgets,” she says, adding, “Everybody works together and gets to know each other very well. There is a family-like feeling, which is quite special.”

Kalki’s most recent mainstream project is the second season of OTT series, Made in Heaven. Tipping the scales back in place is her new film,