Farida Jalal, best known for playing the quint-essential Bollywood mother over the years, is now mostly seen in the role of a grandmother but the veteran actress says she has the potential of taking on more challenging cha-racters.
Farida, 65, who has starred in films like ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge’, ‘Dil To Pagal Hai’ and ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’, among others, says she feels sad that she never got the opportunity to experiment in her film career. “It is difficult to play similar roles.
I kept getting roles of a mother and now of a grandmother. A mother could be so much more like she could have been a doctor, a teacher, but I never got such roles. It is saddening. I can do so much more than what is offered to me,” Farida told PTI.
“I meet my fans and they still love me as much and they want to see more of me on-screen be it in TV or films. I feel that I am capable of doing a lot more than what I am doing right right now,” says Farida, who was last seen on the big screen in 2012 film ‘Student of The Year’ in which she played Siddharth Malhotra’s grandmother.
Farida says she was always bracketed in the role of a mother and now a grandmother in films and that is the worst thing that can ever happen to any actor. “It is the most terrible thing that can happen to an actor. I feel as an actor one should be be able to do a variety of characters..” she says.
Besides films, Farida has been part of several hit TV shows like ‘Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi’, ‘Dekh Bhai Dekh’ and ‘Baalika Vadhu’. She will be next seen on the small screen in ‘Satrangi Sasural’ on Zee TV. (PTI)
