Kriti Sanon, Girl On A Mission
Just before we sit down with Kriti Sanon for this interview, I decide to browse through her Instagram account—for a mandatory social-media catch-up. The photomontage, as expected, serves its purpose. But what gets me thinking is the actor’s bio—it says: ‘Uncomplicate’. And as I discover minutes into our chat, ‘uncomplicate’ is pretty much the motto Kriti seems to live by.
Anyone who has been following her career will know that Kriti is an engineer by qualification—who put aside her B.Tech degree and the lucrative job placements that came with being an ace student, to become an actor. And the rest, as her numerous awards and 100 crore-club films will tell you, is well-documented history. But what very few know is the struggle in the interim—the sailing from the familiar stream of academics to the uncharted waters of the performing arts.
As Kriti joins me, the first thing I ask is to explain her Instagram bio. After all, her mother is a professor at Delhi University, and her father, a chartered account. No-one in the family has ever had anything
