Nimrat Kaur opens up about financial struggles before The Lunchbox: ‘There were days when I was very sad’

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Nimrat Kaur also spoke about a phase when her finances were running low. The actor said, “Sometimes I would get worried where my next pay cheque would come from? Am I good enough? Should I go back? Do people like seeing me in what I do? Before Lunchbox, there was a point where I didn’t know what I would do ahead. While doing theater, there was a time when my bank balance had fallen very low. It was very difficult to understand where money would come from. There was a lot of fear, and returning home in a situation like that is a different kind of humiliation.”

“There were days when I was very sad, low, things were very difficult, challenging. I would cry, feel lonely, but there was a voice inside me that said, ‘Don’t give up,'” she added.

When asked whether she had always been strong-headed or merely appeared that way, Nimrat responded, “I don’t do it publicly, but that doesn’t mean I don’t go through a hard time. To be in on somebody’s vulnerability is a privilege; it’s not something anyone can and should have access to.”

 

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“Anyway, the profession I am in puts me out in ways that sometimes I don’t even want to. It’s not something I wish for. It is a self-defense mechanism. I choose not to react, flare up, or express myself in an unwanted way. Some things remain forever, and thanks to the internet, it’s like a landmine you are walking on. Anything you say can be blasted at any time. It can be made to look a certain way, and whatnot. As the audience, everybody is entitled to an opinion on my work, but everything else. It’s not like I am completely immune to it or strong about it, or thick-skinned; in fact, I am the opposite. The complications of a childhood has made me a certain way. I choose my battles now. I don’t want to take on issues that I have nothing to do with or that I can have no control over,” added Nimrat, during the interview held at Angry Sardar Restaurant in Andheri, Mumbai.