Sonakshi Sinha Says She Was 'Not Groomed' To Be An Actor: 'I Used To Not Visit My Dad’s Sets'

From her acting debut in the 2010 movie Dabangg to Rowdy Rathore, Lootera, Naam Hai Akira and Kalank among others; Sonakshi Sinha has come a long way in the showbiz world. However, in a recent interview, Shatrughan Sinha’s daughter claimed that she was never groomed to be an actor. She argued that she never visited her dad’s sets and expressed that she “started off completely from scratch”.

“I have grown throughout my profession. I’ve learned through experience. I started off completely from scratch. I had no experience of being on a film set. I used to not visit my dad’s sets when I was a child. I had no training, whether it was acting or dancing or anything. I was not groomed for it and I was literally thrown into the deep end of the pool and said ‘okay now swim, and that’s how I learned’,” Sonakshi said at the 24th edition of FICCI Frames.

However, Sonakshi Sinha also made it clear that she cherished every experience that she has had. “I’ve been working for the last 14 years and I’ve done all sorts of roles. I started off with these really commercial masala films where it was always about the hero, the hero, the hero. Which I’m not complaining about. It really gave me an audience. It gave me a far and wide reach. It gave me confidence. When I was able to kind of shoulder films on my own, that’s when I started playing really strong female characters, which were different from the others,” she added.

Currently, Sonakshi Sinha is gearing up for the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. The series also features Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Sharmin Segal, and Sanjeeda Sheikh. The show is all set to release soon on Netflix.