Shanaya Bhardwaj Likes To Challenge Herself with Diverse Set of Characters

Shanaya Bhardwaj

New Delhi (India), January 17: Recently, after being flourished in several Film Festivals, Virangana, an inspiring short film is now released on Disney Hotstar. Shanaya, who plays the protagonist in the film, has recently won Best Actress in Himachal Pradesh Short Film Festival. Shanaya plays the role of Manu, a housewife and Rani Lakshmi Bai. She finds the role and story very motivating.  It was a lot of training to play two characters from two different generations at the same time. Before its release on Disney Hotstar, Virangana has been making a splash in global film festivals like Lift – off Global Network Film Festival in London, UK, Golden Short Film Festival and many others. Securing a coveted place in Dada Saheb Phalke International Film Festival has emerged as another feather in Viranagna’s cap.

She believes that portraying a range of characters makes her better as an actor, “I believe in playing different characters, some I relate to directly which is very personal and takes me down the memory lane and some I am aware of but there are also parts and characters that belong to a world I’m completely oblivious to, which allows me to get to know a new world. As she says “ We, actors, are very lucky as we get to play so many different characters and we learn so much from them, it adds so much value and knowledge in our lives and makes us more intellectual, competent and emotionally intelligent as an individual. Virangana has been that one project she found very relatable and sensitive, which is beautifully written and directed by Kranti Pratap Singh, a Bollywood Director known for Becharey, Lovestreet and Ae Jalebi.