Actress Sandhya Mridul flashbacks a few years and remembers when she came out and wrote on social media platform X against her harassment. She has also not forgotten how some publications trashed her. 

“Today, all you need to do is take screenshots of the lewd messages men in the industry or elsewhere send and put them up. You know many people stress that the ‘Me Too’ movement failed.

On the contrary, it has made many men cautious -- the ones who would say the nastiest things now know when to shut up,” actor Sandhya Mridul told the news agency.

Mridul laments that being in Mumbai, one is so ‘busy’ being an actor that she/he tends to undermine her capability to create. “And the past few years, I have been feeling... See, as it is, I'm a niche actor who works on very selected projects. And of all the mediums, theatre was my favourite. Then why am I spending the least time on it? After all, it is all about spontaneity, something I truly believe in. You know exactly what you're making the audience feel.”

Pinning her hopes high on OTT platforms, she feels they are not only willing to tell different tales but also tell them differently.

“One is seeing fresh faces, newer talent in every department, and actors who were in their labyrinths coming back. I do not care much about the algorithm thing going on with OTTs. I just hope they remain true to craft and not go the usual Bollywood way,” she concludes.

(This story was taken from a syndicated feed, and edited only for style by Gujarat Samachar Digital staff)

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