TIL Desk Bollywood/ Richa Chadha says outsiders to the film industry are often advised to date actors and cricketers to create an image at the beginning of their career. The actor says she was advised to do the same when she was a newcomer but she refused.
“When I came to the industry, one PR person told me, ‘Send a text message to this actor. Go on a date with him’.” And I said, ‘But he is married!'”
“Then this person said, ‘Why didn’t you send a message to this cricketer? It would have been good for your career, for your PR and public image’,” Richa says in an interview.
Though she made her debut with Dibakar Banerjee’s Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye, her breakthrough performance came in Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur. Recalling her initial days, the 32-year-old actor says she managed on her own without an entourage.
