After
gaining
fame
as
her
portrayal
of
a
perfect
bahu
in
Ekta
Kapoor's
popular
TV
soap
Kasamh
Se,
Prachi
Desai
made
her
transition
to
films
with
Farhan
Akhtar's
Rock
On!!
at
the
age
of
19.
In
her
film
career
spanning
over
a
decade,
the
actress
did
fewer
projects
as
compared
to
many
of
her
contemporaries.
Some
of
the
prominent
movies
in
her
filmography
include
Once
Upon
A
Time
In
Mumbaai,
Bol
Bachchan
and
Azhar.
Recently,
in
an
interview
with
a
leading
daily,
Prachi
opened
up
about
being
selective
about
her
films
as
she
felt
that
the
offers
which
were
coming
her
way
were
getting
repetitive.
ETimes
quoted
Prachi
as
saying,
"I
started
really
young.
By
the
time
I
was
17,
I
was
on
a
daily
soap
and
I
was
also
a
mother
to
Ram
Kapoor's
5-year-old
children
on
the
show.
And
then,
at
19,
I
got
a
break
with
'Rock
On!!'.
In
a
couple
of
years,
I
had
done
a
lot
of
work,
I'd
done
a
daily
soap,
I'd
done
films
but
there
came
a
point
where
it
felt
like
all
the
offers
coming
my
way
were
getting
pretty
repetitive.
I
was
getting
the
same
kind
of
role,
in
different
films."
The
actress
said
that
she
believed
that
she
could
believe
that
she
can
pull
off
any
genre
and
was
waiting
for
the
right
kind
of
work
to
come
her
way.
"When
that
realisation
happened,
I
decided
on
doing
something
different
and
that
should
reflect
in
the
choices
I
make.
I
believed
in
myself,
and
that
I
could
pull
off
any
genre
and
play
different
roles.
I
hit
pause
and
waited
for
the
right
kind
of
work
to
come
my
way.
But,
I
honestly
did
not
know
how
long
it
was
going
to
take
me.
Sometimes,
you
know,
you
may
get
offered
something
in
a
day,
three
months,
six
months,
and
sometimes
the
wait
is
longer,
unless
you
have
the
means
to
produce
something
for
yourself.
But
when
that
option
is
not
there,
you
have
to
be
picky
out
of
the
choices
that
are
given
to
you,"
Prachi
told
ETimes.
The
Azhar
actress
revealed
that
during
that
period,
she
turned
down
a
few
big
film
offers
as
she
felt
that
they
won't
benefit
her
in
any
way.
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Desai
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Prachi
was
quoted
as
saying,
"While
I
was
still
reading
scripts
or
hearing
narrations,
there
were
offers
for
some
very
big
films
and
great
teams
to
work
with,
but
I
felt
like
it's
not
going
to
benefit
me
in
any
way.
And
it
was
very
tough
to
say
'no',
because,
for
an
actor,
it's
just
so
important
to
keep
doing
projects
one
after
the
other
because
you
don't
want
any
kind
of
a
gap
to
be
there.
But
I
was
pretty
adamant
that
I
needed
to
do
something
different.
I
knew
that
commercial
films
weren't
going
to
help
me.
A
couple
of
films
that
I
really
wanted
to
do,
didn't
materialise
for
one
reason
or
the
other;
these
kinds
of
things
happen
all
the
time.
So
all
of
these
factors
contributed
to
the
gap.
And
then
we
were
in
lockdown
for
almost
a
year.
The
gap
was
a
little
long,
but
I
think
it
was
worth
it."
Further,
the
actress
thanked
the
audience
for
never
forgetting
her
despite
her
selective
work.
Prachi
said,
"I
thank
the
audience
for
just
never
forgetting
me;
I
am
so
grateful
to
be
here.
They
still
love
me
unconditionally
and
support
me
so
much.
I
was
very
strong-headed
in
deciding
that
I
will
pick
roles
that
are
different.
So
even
if
something
very
lucrative
or
something
very
big
came
my
way,
I
would
still
not
just
jump
into
it,
because
I
know
that
I
was
waiting
for
it."
On
a
related
note,
Prachi
was
last
seen
essaying
the
role
of
a
cop
in
Manoj
Bajpayee's
Zee5
film
Silence:
Can
You
Hear
It?.