POWER PACKED

INCREDIBLE, BREATHTAKING, EXTRAORDINARY AND TRULY PHENOMENAL... ON THIS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, NETFLIX IS BACK WITH ITS NOW STREE-MING CAMPAIGN TO RECOGNISE THE POWERHOUSE PERFORMANCES OF WOMEN ACTORS ON THE STREAMING SERVICE. THE MAN SPEAKS TO FIVE FROM THIS ILLUSTRIOUS LIST SHWETA TRIPATHI SHARMA (YEH KAALI KAALI ANKHEIN), MRUNAL THAKUR (DHAMAKA), KUSHA KAPILA (PLAN A PLAN B), SHEFALI SHAH (DELHI CRIME) AND PRAJAKTA KOLI (MISMATCHED). ALL OF THEM COME FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE BUT ARE UNITED BY THEIR ZEAL. TO GO BEYOND TIMID GOOD-GIRL ROLES, AND BRING A NEW WAVE IN HOW FEMALE CHARACTERS ARE WRITTEN, ONE FEATURE AT A TIME. INDEED, CONTENT IS KING AND CANDOUR FROM FEMALE LEADS IS MORE THAN WELCOME

- Shree Vrinda Agarwal

QUICK WITS

CURRENTLY LOOKING FORWARD TO

Seeing sharks in the Maldives

FAVOURITE FEATURES

Queen’s Gambit, Bulbul

WANT TO SEE NEXT

Don’t Look Up

LOVE

Travelling and acting

BEHIND THE LIMELIGHT

MY BEST FRIEND

Cheetah, my husband

MY SOLACE

I get my energy from my fans and the people I meet

BEST MOMENT OF 2021

When we wrapped the shoot for Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhein in Ladakh amidst snow-clad mountains

SHWETA TRIPATHI SHARMA

Bubbly, energetic, and full of life, she instantly feels like the childhood best friend you’ve been rooting for

Being one of the few Indian Disney stars, you kind of grew up in front of the world. Would you say it was easier or more challenging?

I was much older than people realised. The benefit is that you're playing a character that looks much younger, but you have the maturity as an actor and you have to understand and respond better. I was essaying the role of a college student and I must be 25 at the time. Even in Haramkhor, I played a 17-year-old when I was 28. Even then, I love that I’m growing up with my audience. People who watched Kya Mast Hai Life