NEED MY CHARACTERS TO HAVE AGENCY

Bhumi Pednekar is happy that she has built her career on playing women with agency

- KOMAL PANCHAMATIA

Bhumi Pednekar, who is completing a decade in the industry this year, said she is happy that she has built her career on playing women with agency, right from her debut with 2015's 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha'.

Bhumi, known for films such 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha', 'Bala', 'Bheed' and 'Bhakshak', said it is a surreal feeling that she gets to live her dream of being an actor every day through movies.

"I realised I wanted to be an actor when I was 12," she says

I am grateful that even after 10 years I am doing what I love so deeply. I constantly seek agency in my characters. If they don't have agency, I wouldn't do them because I just wouldn't enjoy being a part of that process. I am lucky that I had the opportunity to play such diverse women," the actor told PTI in an interview.

Bhumi was recently seen in 'Mere Husband Ki Biwi', which also features Rakul Preet Singh and Arjun Kapoor. The 35-year-old actor said 'Mere Husband Ki Biwi' is a fitting role to conclude her first decade in the industry.