Actor and content creator Prajakta Koli discusses the perception that influencers secure roles based on their followers
Within the realm of Bollywood, there is a rising belief that influencers are securing acting roles based on their large following rather than their acting abilities. However, Prajakta Koli dismisses the idea, stating that it is simply a product of people’s imagination.
“If people think that influencers are getting roles because of their followers, then I would have cracked every audition that I have given till date… Clearly, I haven’t. There is no truth in this perception,” Prajakta informs us.
The 30-year-old insists, “People can say what they want. I don’t want to do anything to change that because I know what I am doing and why. I am testing for really interesting stuff, and sometimes it works out, and sometimes it doesn’t workout for me. I have made peace with it”.
When it comes to her career, she is very pragmatic about handling rejections in auditions and prefers to concentrate on her work rather than the gossip.
“That’s because I am doing the work that I love. I love the space that I am in. I am getting the work that I am doing because I am obsessively testing for the same. And if people have that perception about influencers, it is okay. And I don’t want to change their perception, that’s because I don’t think about it much”.
Koli gained popularity through her clever videos on the internet as mostlysane, and has now ventured into the world of acting. She has been part of projects like Jugjugg Jeeyo, Mismatched, and Neeyat.
Sharing insights into her experience as an actor, she mentions, “I am so new into it to even call it a journey. I have just started. There is not much to my name as an actor yet. I have just started. Few years down the line, I will have a more understandable vision as to how it has been. At the moment, I am having fun with the work that I am getting to do”.
She now leverages her role to spark important discussions, and in line with this, she recently participated in the global series, She Creates Change, alongside Freida Pinto, Charithra Chandran, and Quyen Ngo. This project sheds light on important issues like gender equality, climate justice, financial literacy, food insecurity, child marriage, discrimination, menstruation, and sexual harassment.
“Working on the project was amazing. I have always been in awe of the work that all of the people associated with the project have done all these years. I felt proud that I had the opportunity to work with them. I am so happy that I got to do this,” she says, adding, “It addresses important topics, which is the need of the hour”.
Source : Hindustan Times