Nargis Fakhri: People Told Me I Would Be Over If I Take Break From Films
Nargis Fakhri had no qualms about taking a break from films but she says there were people around her who tried to drill the notion into her head that the audience will forget her in her absence.
Nargis
Fakhri
had
no
qualms
about
taking
a
break
from
films
but
she
says
there
were
people
around
her
who
tried
to
drill
the
notion
into
her
head
that
the
audience
will
forget
her
in
her
absence.
The
model-turned-actor
made
her
debut
in
2011
with
Rockstar.
Her
last
outing
was
2017's
Housefull
3.
Since
then,
she
reduced
her
on-screen
appearances
as
well.
"When
I
said
I'm
going
to
take
a
break
for
six
months,
there
were
people
who
freaked
out.
I
was
told
I'll
lose
everything,
people
will
get
ahead
of
me.
They'll
forget
about
me.
They
put
all
those
things
in
my
head.
But
I
said
I
don't
believe
that," Nargis
told
PTI.
The
actor
has
come
out
of
her
short
hiatus
with
her
new
film,
Amavas,
and
realised
that
nothing
had
changed.
"You
leave
something
to
follow
your
dreams
and
when
you
come
back,
everybody
is
doing
the
same
thing.
It's
no
different.
So
you
can
blend
in
easily.
There's
never
a
problem,"
she
adds.
Before
she
took
a
break,
Nargis
featured
in
films
like
Madras
Cafe,
Main
Tera
Hero
and
Marathi
feature
Banjo,
but
says
staying
away
from
the
spotlight
was
not
difficult.
"I
am
happy.
I
like
to
do
films
but
I
also
realised
in
the
years
I
lived
in
India
that
I
only
worked
all
the
time.
I
didn't
even
have
my
friends
and
family
around.
"I
didn't
see
my
mom
for
three
years.
Happiness
is
in
relationships
which
you
have
with
people.
If
you
don't
have
the
support
system,
it's
detrimental
to
your
health.
I
had
to
learn
how
to
balance,"
she
says.
The
39-year-old
former
model,
who
describes
her
turn
to
acting
as
a
beautiful
accident,
says
the
job
is
'super
emotionally
demanding.'
"It
takes
up
your
life.
You
leave
your
real
life
to
go
into
this
other
life.
You
need
to
be
so
committed.
I
had
to
be
more
because
of
my
obstacles
-
I
had
to
learn
the
language,
get
a
tutor.
"I
was
so
consumed
with
work
that
my
mom
used
to
mail
me
'Are
you
alive?' There's
so
much
you
have
to
put
into
it.
I
value
my
work
but
now
also
I
value
my
regular
life.
Acting
was
not
my
first
choice
anyway,"
she
says.
While
she
awaits
the
release
of
Amavas,
a
horror-thriller
directed
by
Bhushan
Patel,
Nargis
says
a
lot
has
changed
in
terms
of
the
scripts
she
wants
to
choose
today.
The
actor
says,
in
the
initial
phase
of
her
career,
it
was
her
agency
which
directed
her
to
choose
certain
kinds
of
films
with
an
emphasis
on
the
production
house,
director
and
co-stars
more
than
the
scripts
so
that
she
does
not
"miss
out
on
good
projects".
"There's
a
valuable
lesson
that
I
keep
with
me.
It's
the
ability
to
say
no
and
then
make
my
own
choice.
If
it's
a
wrong
choice,
it's
on
me.
But
at
least
I
had
the
chance
to
say.
I
look
at
scripts
differently.
"I'm
still
not
so
professional
about
it,
sometimes
I'm
naive
because
I
want
to
give
things
a
chance.
I'm
optimistic
about
a
lot
of
things.
Today,
I
want
to
take
a
chance," she
adds.
Also
featuring
Sachiin
Joshi,
Amavas
is
scheduled
to
be
released
on
February
8.