Diana Penty: It took me a while to find my feet in Bollywood | Hindi Movie News

From the timid and simple Meera's' Cocktail & # 39; to the happy and playful Happy of "Happy Bhag Jayegi", Diana Penty, who will then be seen in her sequel "Happy Phir Bhag Jayegi", is delighted with her second year the film itself gave her a chance to break the mold and find her feet at Bollywood, where she is now in a "happy" space.

Looking back at her career, the model turned actress said in an interview here, "Cocktail" was the perfect start, but I knew it was with some standard that I had to try and go to the # So before, I guess there was some pressure to choose the right screenplay and make the right kind of movie. At that time, I was very new to the industry. "

"I did not know many people and I had no one to really guide me, it took me a while to understand how to proceed, what direction to take – if I had to do a little part in any way to follow my intuition or blindly follow what people told me to do, whether to stick to stories that I really believed or to do everything that went through my head.

But four years after the release of "Cocktail", "Happy Bhag Jaayegi" has arrived.

"When I came across" Happy Bhag Jayegi ", I knew it would be a second perfect film for me, a funny and sweet story that gave me the opportunity to to play a character who was remarkably different from Meera As people already had me tagged as the shy girl next door, I thought it would be a great way to give them something that they would not have. they did not wait.

"When I look back now, I realize that even though it took me a long time to find my feet, I finally managed to trace my own path and find a space where I am happy".

She said that while the Meera of 'Cocktail & # 39; It was a lot like him in real life, his second film gave him "the opportunity to break the mold and prove that I could play this noisy and lively character called Happy".

"After the release of" Happy Bhag Jayegi ", many people who knew me, my personality and my behavior were pleasantly surprised by my interpretation of Happy, I am generally sweet, very measured and I think 500 times I say something, but Happy was the antithesis of me.

"She spoke in decibels, brought to power by 500, was extremely impulsive, did not think twice before speaking and was a complete" muhphat ", so yes, it took me some time to Overcoming My Inhibitions and Getting Into But Once I managed to do that, it was the most liberating experience of my life, "said Diana, who also participated in & # 39; Lucknow Central – last year and at Parmanu – The Story of Pokhran – earlier.

Now that "Happy Phir Bhag Jayegi" – which also includes Sonakshi Sinha – is preparing to come out next month, Diana is delighted with how the film industry has undergone a "remarkable" change for women these last years .

"Women are playing more and more central characters and what is even more encouraging is that the audience is starting to appreciate women-centered movies -" Tanu Weds Manu ". , "Piku," "Queen," or "Happy Bhag Jayegi." All of these stories are centered on female characters and all went well at the box office. "

"It's really an exciting time for women in movies, with so many role options and genres of movies to experience." She also notes a change in the stories themselves.

"They evolve and become more and more real – from biopics to stories inspired by real events or even slices of movies from life.Of course, there will continue to be commercial animators as well. good reasons. "

"After all, who would not want to watch a light and funny movie at the end of a long day? But what's good, is that there is now a healthy balance between the two types of cinema, range of films to choose from. "