Sometimes I wish I had another surname: Esha Gupta

TIL Desk Bollywood/ She knew before joining Bollywood that it is not going to be an easy journey and Esha Gupta says she has stayed away from “networking” to bag films but often feels things would have been different if she had another surname. The 31-year-old actor made her debut with Jannat 2 in 2012 and went on to do Raaz 3D and Chakravyuh in the same year.

“I am proud of the work I’ve done, it was tough (journey), but I have carved the way on my own. There are times, I wish even if four of my films flop, there is someone producing films for me and making films only with me. “You think ‘I wish I didn’t have this surname but that surname (referring to being a star kid),” Esha tells. The actress says because her father was in the Air Force, they travelled a lot – which meant making new friends and always being an “outsider”, something which she still feels in Bollywood.

“I think I am still an outsider. I am still treated like one to quite an extent by the so-called ‘industry people’. It’s their body language that lets you know. I can’t blame them because even I haven’t made an effort to be a part of them. I don’t want to,” says Esha.