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Kalki Koechlin: Now directors don’t feel the need to explain my skin color in their movies.hindi movie news

Since she started her career in 2009, developer D, Kalki Koechlin He has produced a variety of commercial and offbeat films. However, she faced various challenges, including being stereotyped because of her skin color. The actress talks about how her perception of Hindi films has changed since her first film, and her keen interest in southern films.
“Dev D wasn’t an overnight hit.”
In movies like Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani (2013) andmargarita with straw(2015) In her filmography, Kalkishe says: “Every actor dreams of success, dreams of reaching a stage where he can choose his work. All those dreams exist, but success cannot be predicted. Dev D. It wasn’t a hit. It was a slow-boiling cult movie that gained a lot of popularity over the years. It slowly dawned on me.”

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Kalki of Dev D

“After Dev D, I felt misrepresented.”
Talking about the reaction to her debut film, Kalki said, “I am very happy with the response. “After the film was released, I was very upset because someone in the media called me a Russian girl and wrote that girls like us who don’t speak Hindi come to Mumbai,” she said, adding that she had done one film. I’ll go back. And I thought, “Hey!” That’s not my story. ” I was born in Periyamdaliyar Chavadi. I’m a white-skinned Tamilian (because I’m of French descent). I just felt misunderstood and that’s it, but things have changed now that people know my story and background. So they (the filmmakers) don’t feel the need to explain my skin color in the movie. Of course, it limits me to certain types of characters, but at the same time, because of that and the way I am, I’ve been cast in interesting roles. ”
“Many south films are being remade in Hindi, so I wanted to be a part of an original film.”
In 2019, Kalki tamil movie industry and Nerkonda Paarvai, cameo appearance. After 2020’s Paava Kadaigal, she returned to making feature films in her native language (Tamil), which was shot in Portugal. Talking about her exploration of southern cinema and how comfortable she was speaking dialogues in Tamil, she says, “I wanted to be a part of an original film as many southern films are being remade in Hindi (laughs).Tamil is one of my mother tongues.I also speak French. A dialogue writer helped me with the lines and pronunciation. I was born in a very small village so I speak rural Tamil, but for this film I had to speak in a different way.”

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Kalki, daughter Sappho and partner Guy Hirshberg

“Anurag’s daughter Aaliyah is someone close to me.”
A few months ago, Kalki attended a press conference with her ex-husband, along with her partner Guy Hirshberg and their daughter Sappho. Anurag Kashyap‘s daughter, Aaliyah’s engagement party. Speaking about the equation she shares with the Kashyaps, she says: Aaliyah is someone close to me as I knew her when I was with Anurag. Since she was a child we had a lot of fun together. I am also in touch with her mother Aarti (Bajaj). It’s great that we’ve gotten to the point where we can all be in the same room. My daughter thinks Aaliyah is a real princess. ”

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