Kaala Fame Kavitta Verma On Losing Entire Family, Professional Setbacks: Still Picking Broken…

"I am bustling with fire," said actress Kavitta Verma, who has been a part of movies like Police Giri, Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laaddoo Deewana, and R... Rajkumar, along with Bejoy Nambiar's webseries Kaala. In a span of five years, she lost her entire family, and suffered professional setbacks too, but each moment taught her a lesson, and she calls herself more enriched.

"I lost my sister in 2015, at that time I was shooting for the film Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laaddoo Deewana. I was of course not feeling good emotionally, but continued with the work. Then it was the year 2017, when the movie was about to release, I lost my mother. I had to take a step back from my career because my father was all alone and I realised that I had to take care of him," she said.

"He came to live with me in Mumbai, and I was in a relationship then, but my partner
broke up with me because he thought I had too much on my plate. I let go my love life and fought my loss within myself. In 2020, my father had a brain stroke, suffered multiple organ failures, and he passed away. In a duration of five years, I became an orphan and had literally no one whom I could call family. It's been four years now, and I am still picking up my broken pieces," she added.

Life has not been easy for her, and while she faced challenges on every corner, she grew stronger with each and took the next one headstrong. "My father had served in the Indian army and retired as a colonel. He always said, 'If you are having a bad day, I want my girl to get dressed the best she can,' and this is the mantra of my life now. With all the things that I have gone through in my life, I feel I have dived deep into the oceans, but I know when God pushes you to the extreme, you find real pearls. So I found mine, and I feel more enriched today," she said.

"I am rising from the ashes, and bustling with fire. But I have a story to tell with all the life experiences I had and I feel I can put forth a much real, authentic and flawless performance today," she added.

Kavitta is looking forward to getting work where she not only gets to go out of her comfort zone but also explore the artist that she is. "I am a professionally trained actor from NSD, and even though I have spent close to a decade in the industry, I am still waiting for the right opportunity and my breakthrough moment. The fulfillment and satisfaction are missing," she said.

"I would really like to work with the likes of Hansal Mehta and Anurag Kashyap, who would appreciate the raw appeal that I have, which has grown over time. I am looking forward to more substance-oriented roles," she added.

Asked how she manages to keep herself strong amidst everything that has happened and the new challenges she faces, she said, "When life gives you challenges, either you fight or you let go, and I have not learned to let go. Since 2015 to date, I have gone through personal and professional setbacks, and the only saving grace has been the discipline that comes from my upbringing of being an army kid."

"I have also learned not to trust people easily now. I was very naive, and that somewhere made my life difficult, but I am not the same anymore and have only improved for good," Kavitta ended.