Richa
Chadha
says
outsiders
are
often
advised
to
date
actors
and
cricketers
to
create
an
image
at
the
beginning
of
their
career.
The
actor
says
when
she
was
a
newcomer,
she
was
advised
to
do
the
same
but
she
refused.
"When
I
came
to
the
industry,
one
PR
person
told
me,
'Send
a
text
message
to
this
actor.
Go
on
a
date
with
him'.
And
I
said,
'But
he
is
married!'
then
this
person
said,
'Why
didn't
you
send
a
message
to
this
cricketer?
It
would
have
been
good
for
your
career,
for
your
PR
and
public
image'," Richa
says
in
an
interview.
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Chadha
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"I
can't
date
anyone
on
a
transactional
basis.
These
are
the
kind
of
advice
I
used
to
get,
these
are
the
things
that
people
tell
you
when
you
are
from
outside
world.
That's
why
I
have
very
few
friends
in
the
industry,"
she
says.
Though
she
made
her
debut
with
Dibakar
Banerjee's
Oye
Lucky
Lucky
Oye,
her
breakthrough
performance
was
Anurag
Kashyap's
Gangs
of
Wasseypur.
Recalling
her
initial
days,
the
32-year-old
actor
says
she
managed
all
on
her
own
without
an
entourage.
"When
I
did
'Gangs...' I
didn't
have
a
manager,
a
PR
or
stylist.
There
were
times
when
I
was
told
that
today
we
have
a
success
party
in
the
evening,
and
I
would
be
like
okay,"
she
says.
"And
then
I
would
go
to
a
mall
in
Juhu,
buy
a
dress,
wear
it
there,
go
to
a
salon
on
the
ground
floor
of
that
mall,
do
some
make-up;
that's
how
I
was
managing
then,"
she
says.
For
Richa,
it's
these
issues
which
outsiders
face
-
having
no
one
to
give
a
sound
advice.
"This
is
what
people
don't
understand
about
people
who
come
from
outside.
We
don't
have
anyone
guiding
us
about
these
things.
We
have
no
inroads
into
the
industry.
"For
us
at
least
in
the
initial
stage,
there
is
no
grooming,
there
are
no
advisors
to
tell
us
'don't
do
this,
or
do
this',
or
that
this
film
will
get
typecast,
or
this
film
will
be
good
for
you.
You
just
make
your
own
way
here,
so
it
takes
time," she
says.
The
actor
is
currently
awaiting
the
release
of
her
film
Jia
Aur
Jia,
where
she
stars
alongside
Kalki
Koechlin.
Richa
says
female
actors
need
to
have
each
other's
back
to
have
longevity
in
the
industry.
"Women
don't
realise
that
they
need
to
promote
the
category,
not
the
brand.
I
can't
keep
talking
about
myself.
If
Sonam
(Kapoor)
is
doing
well,
I
have
to
compliment
her,
or
if
Kangana
(Ranaut)
is
doing
well,
I
have
to
acknowledge
it
to
promote
our
category,
that's
how
actresses
will
get
longevity,"
she
says.
"Otherwise,
we
will
keep
fighting
among
ourselves
and
in
two-three
years,
some
old
daddy
will
come
and
say,
'I
want
fresh
faces'
and
we
are
out!
Actors
become
disposable.
I
feel
female
actors
have
to
back
each
other."
Presented
and
distributed
by
Blue
Fox
Motionpictures,
Jia
Aur
Jia
is
scheduled
to
release
on
October
27.
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