Actor
Patralekhaa
says
she
wants
to
be
known
as
a
good
actor
but
in
her
four-year-old
Bollywood
career,
her
biggest
struggle
has
been
to
get
good
scripts.
Patralekhaa
made
her
acting
debut
in
Hansal
Mehta's
"CityLights" in
2014,
which
received
critical
acclaim,
and
two
years
later
the
actor
starred
in
Vikram
Bhatt's
forgettable
erotic-thriller-
Love
Games.
She
is
back
on
the
big
screen
with
Abhay
Deol-starrer
Nanu
Ki
Jaanu.
"It's
very
difficult
to
get
good
scripts.
The
scripts
that
come
to
me
are
not
great.
So
to
get
a
good
script
from
the
10-15
that
are
offered
is
a
blessing.
I
want
to
be
a
good
actress,
I
want
to
be
among
the
best
in
the
country
and
I
believe
I
have
the
capabilities
to
be
the
same," Patralekha
told
PTI
in
an
interview.
"What's
stopping
me
is
that
there
are
no
good
projects
coming
my
way.
That
makes
me
angry,"
she
added
The
actor
says
what's
even
worse
is
that
she
does
not
even
know
why
she
is
not
offered
meaty
parts.
"People
wouldn't
even
tell
me,
honestly.
Maybe
they
are
confused,
'Is
she
a
good
actor
or
is
she
not?' I
don't
know...
Also,
I
am
not
a
very
pushy
person.
I
feel
if
there's
work,
someone
will
call
me,
but
I
can't
go
after
people
for
work.
I
think
people
see
through
that."
While
lack
of
good
projects
might
make
her
angry,
the
28-year-old
actor
is
patient
enough
to
not
let
the
waiting
period
between
her
films
affect
her.
She,
in
fact,
uses
the
breaks
to
hone
her
skills.
"The
waiting
period
doesn't
frustrate
me
because
there
are
so
many
things
to
do.
I
watch
films.
I
travel,
I
have
learnt
dancing,
there
are
these
acting
workshops
that
I
attend.
I
am
not
entirely
dependent
on
(films),
but
also,
I
don't
have
a
business,
so
I
live
my
life
on
what
I
earn," she
said.
When
asked
if
she
had
an
idea
how
the
filmmakers
and
writers
in
the
Hindi
film
industry
view
her
as
an
actor,
she
said
because
she
played
an
under-privileged
mother
of
two
in
her
first
film,
people
try
to
label
her
as
the
girl-next-door.
"Your
starting
point
should
be
damn
good
for
your
survival
as
that
puts
you
in
a
genre.
It's
a
human
tendency
that
they
want
to
put
you
in
a
category,
it
becomes
easier
for
people
to
function.
"Thinking
outside-the-box
is
a
little
difficult,
and
it's
just
comforting
to
put
things
in
boxes.
So
that's
what
happens
with
me," the
actor
said.
Patralekhaa
tried
to
break
away
from
the
"CityLights"
image
with
her
second
film,
but
admitted
she
failed
miserably.
The
failure
of
"Love
Games"
taught
her
to
not
do
films
that
she
is
not
convinced
about.
"It
didn't
work
for
me,
it
tanked
because
I
wasn't
comfortable.
I
know
I
didn't
do
a
good
job,
it
wasn't
my
space.
I
can't
blame
anyone
else
for
it
because
I
was
the
person
at
fault.
I
shouldn't
have
taken
up
that
film.
I
didn't
do
justice
to
it,"
she
said.
The
actor,
however,
is
looking
forward
to
the
release
of
"Nanu
Ki
Jaanu",
which
she
feels
falls
in
a
happy
space.
"It's
such
a
sweet,
endearing
film.
I
had
so
much
fun
doing
it.
Both
my
previous
films
were
heavy
and
high
on
drama,
so
this
was
super
fun.
It
is
in
a
very
happy
space,
something
I
relate
to
the
most."
Directed
by
debutante
Faraz
Haider,
"Nanu
Ki
Jaanu" releases
this
Friday.
Credits
-
PTI