Actor Sarika in an interview mentioned that there was a time when getting roles for the veteran actors have been next to impossible, however actors like Neena Gupta have opened up for the work which have eventually gathered opportunities for others as well. Sarika mentioned that it was Neena’s ‘individual story’ which did not kicked off opportunities ‘for all other actresses’. She added that it was ‘not as if actors were not getting roles’.
Neena, in 2017, seeked for working opportunities on her Instagram account. She wrote, “I live in Mumbai and working am a good actor looking for good parts to play.”
In a conversation with Siddharth Kannan, Sarika averred “I think it’s Neena ji’s individual story but it was not as if actors were not getting roles. It is her individual story that she started getting so much work which is amazing and it’s brilliant that she went and put herself out and said, ‘I want work’. Then she got work because she is a good actor, it’s brilliant. But I don’t think it is that that opened for everybody.”
“I think Shefali has been doing great work. There are so many good actresses who have been working. I love Sheeba. I just love Sheeba’s work. We worked together in Parzania also. Now when I see her work, it is amazing. So, I don’t think Neena ji opened the gate for all other actresses, it was in her case that she did something which was praiseworthy,” Sarika concludes.
