I’ve never gone for fame or stardom: Sonam Kapoor Ahuja

TIL Desk Bollywood/ Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, who has completed a decade-long journey in the Hindi film industry, says she chooses good work over fame and stardom. The daughter of actor-producer Anil Kapoor ventured into the world of filmmaking in 2005 as an assistant director for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s movie “Black”.

She made her acting debut two years later in “Saawariya”. Ever since her debut she has featured in over a dozen films comprising commercially successful ones like “Khoobsurat”, “Neerja” and “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo”. Asked if she feels that stardom comes with a price tag, Sonam said, “I have never gone for fame or stardom. I have always gone for good work. So when you are not seeking something out, there is no price tag attached to it. It just comes naturally.”

Sonam has featured in films of a variety of genres like romance, comedy, drama, biographical thriller and biographical comedy-drama among many others. But she said it was never a conscious choice to do genres of films as different as chalk and cheese. “I don’t think about this is a masala film or this is a ‘this’ film…. I think it is just the kind of film that I want to do…the character I really enjoy doing and working in,” said Sonam, who received the National Film Award — Special Mention for “Neerja” in 2016.