Gone through lot of struggle to join films: Shraddha

TIL Desk Bollywood/ She hails from a family full of popular actors and singers, but Shraddha Kapoor has said joining films was not a cake-walk for her. The 30-year-old star, who is the daughter of actor Shakti Kapoor and is also related to legendary singers Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle, said she struggled a lot to get her first big break in the industy, which of late has been plagued by the nepotism debate.

“I was very impatient to get into films. It was a loud voice inside me that said acting is the profession I want to join. “A lot of people think if you are a son or daughter of an actor you don’t need to audition, but that is not the case. I have gone through a lot of struggle to join films. I can’t even count how many auditions I have given or how many times I have been replaced. It is not easy.

My first two films didn t get noticed and it was tough. But ‘Aashiqui 2’ changed things,” Shraddha said on the sidelines of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here. The actor inaugurated the Entertainment Society of Goa s Bioscope Village initiative at the 48th edition of the festival. Post the success of “Aashiqui 2”, Shraddha gave back-to- back hits, and the actor said her aim was to grow with every film she does.