Top 30 Sriti Jha Quotes

I don’t think I’m popular enough for audience to relate to me on a reality shows. I’m content with my acting endeavors and want to continue taking up more of acting projects.

I have been fortunate to have worked with immensely talented writers and directors who have had faith in me. There’s been very little hard work but a lot of learning. I have learnt from each of my characters, and I think that’s rather amazing.

While I’m totally up for all things girly, two months of mehendi is a fairly long time!

I was born in Begusarai in Bihar. Then I spent 10 years in Kolkata and later hopped from Kathmandu to Delhi and, finally, Mumbai.

I went back to Kolkata around two years back after a gap of 14 years, and though the city had changed, the people hadn’t. Everybody is cultured and knowledgeable there. I have emotional memories of the place.

My audition for ‘Dhoom Machale Dhoom’ was the turning point of my life.

Reading and watching movies are the only two things I do. I’m moody, so at times I’m annoyingly introverted; at other times I’m annoyingly extroverted. So I think I’m an ambivert!

I hail from a small town. My parents were never apprehensive about my decision to take up acting – they’ve been a constant support to me.

I am quite no-nonsense myself.

I perform a role as per the requirements of the script. When it comes to work, I don’t have any personal choice with regards to glam or de-glam. As an actor, I enjoy doing everything.

I think I love fiction shows more than the reality shows. I have been offered many shows, but I don’t think I am tailored for reality TV.

I put my diet chart aside when I am in MP! Be it poha, jalebi, daal baafla, or namkeen, I always make sure that I relish the local delicacies before leaving Indore. Indore is a must visit for all the foodies.

I don’t regret my decision that I left a popular show like ‘Balika Vadhu.’ I am happy that I am out of the show and took a break for a month in Delhi.

My life is not as dramatic as it is depicted in the shows. I am not at all submissive. I am free-spirited.

It’s fun to play a character that you can identify with.

Ever since I was introduced to Ekta Kapoor, I have learnt a great deal from her storytelling, and the learning continues.

I used to do theatre in school and college. When I started working on television, only the camera was new. Theatre experience really helps one lose inhibitions.

I visited an asylum to observe expressions of the mentally disturbed and to get my body language right for the blind girl’s role. I visited the blind school, read the autobiography of Helen Keller, and watched a number of films from ‘Scent of a Woman‘ to ‘Anurag,’ ‘Fanaa’ and ‘Black.’

Love is a lot of magic and madness followed by marriage. These are the three M’s for me. I think these three keep life intact. I am a very filmi person and would like the magic and the madness to remain in my marriage forever.

The only thing that I have to be assured of is that the character must be negative for a sensible reason. She should not be behind everyone‘s life just for fun, which is the case in many serials. Moreover, it will also test my potential as an actor, so playing a negative character would be an interesting challenge for me.

I want to do anything interesting that is offered to me.

If something interesting comes up, I would love to do something in Bangla in future, especially since I can speak Bangali fluently.

Despite our hard work and the number of hours we put in, content is the hero of every show.

I am a huge fan of Amitav Ghosh’s work. I wish I could meet him.

Never say never. When love happens, it just happens. The industry is full of nice people, and there are no rights and wrongs.

I am comfortable in all kinds of outfits. I prefer Indian wear, but there are days I step out in a short dress. It depends on my mood.

Balaji is one of the most comforting working experiences I have had in my career.

I really don’t have any struggle story to tell about my stint in Tellytown.

Besides Hindi and English, I can speak in Maithli, my native language, and in Bangla and Nepalese too. But I can just about make a smattering at Marathi.

I always have my books for company.