Tripti Dimri shares her views on stardom and failures
Tripti Dimri shares her views on stardom and failures. Tripti Dimri became a nation wide sensation with her stunning and bold performance in Ranbir Kapoor's Animal directed by Sandeep Vanga. The film turned out to be a phenomenal hit but she failed to replicate the magic.
Recently, the spy thriller which starred Alia Bhatt and Tripti Dimri in the lead roles, titled Alpha turned out to be a huge disappointment. In the midst of all this, Tripti, speaking to scribes, shared her thoughts on stardom after Animal. She said “Before that I was constantly trying to find films that show my range. After the film, there was definitely more access, more conversations, more trust from the industry.”
She continued, “I can now wait for material that genuinely excites me instead of saying ‘Yes’ out of fear or the need for survival. That changes your relationship with your career completely. Honestly, it was overwhelming in the beginning, because my life before that was very quiet and solely work-oriented. After Animal, I had to consciously separate perception from reality.”
She added, “The only way is by continuing to focus on the work itself, because fame can be very unstable if you depend emotionally on it. It also helps that you don’t belong to this world. Your family has this way of grounding you with real conversations about everything except the movies.”
On her recent film O Romeo turning out to be a failure, she says, “I don’t see it as a failure at all,” says Triptii. “Commercial failure is one sort of failure, and you obviously hope that your film works with people and finds love. I think every actor secretly hopes that if you give everything emotionally to a role, the audience will automatically connect with it. But cinema doesn’t always work that way. This film taught me so much. I got the opportunity to work with a maverick like Vishal Bhardwaj. I worked with Shahid Kapoor, who is such a sharp actor. Sometimes timing matters, sometimes expectations matter, sometimes a film finds its audience later. What O Romeo taught me is that you cannot attach your self-worth to the result of a project. You have to learn how to deeply commit and then let go.”
She added, “The fact that I have fans is surreal to me even now, and I try to handle it with the kindness I expect when I met my heroes. I understand they are full of affection.”
- Pramod Nandivada
