Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya on not working for money anymore: ‘I don’t disrespect myself anymore by doing a role that undermines me’

 

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Divyanka started working at a very young age, and in order to survive, the actress shared that she even overburdened herself with work at times. She says, “I had grown up way back. I have spent very little time at home, so it was never challenging to be away from my family. I was very mature. I diligently got to work, because I never wanted to take money from my parents and pressure them. I wanted to manage my life in a way that they were secure thinking their daughter was safe.”

Talking about just how responsible she was as a child, she recalled how her whole class was punished when she did a minor infraction in school. “I have always been a very responsible kid, so I have had very little fun, rarely been irresponsible. But yes, I was once caught eating my tiffin box in class and the entire class was punished. We were all made to stand outside the principal’s office because they thought if Divyanka has done this, it means the entire class is indisciplined. So I was like the benchmark.”

 

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Divyanka also shared how much she has changed now, “I feel like partying now, going on a drive. I want to live my life now. I am a very different person from where I started. At that time I was also working for money, I had to survive so I would overload myself with work. Now I value my relationships, I like being with people I love. I manage my life in a way now that everything is balanced.”

The ex-Khatron Ke Khiladi contestant has also opened up about feeling the pressure of social media and being selective with her professional choices at the same time. She said, “I have made a conscious effort always to stay relevant. I have tried to have a representation of myself on social media, it is a constant evolution. At times I have to force myself to do some things. But I now consciously make sure that I don’t take up a character I don’t like. Sometimes you need to work, but you just don’t feel for that character. Whenever I take up a role, I get married to it, so unless it wins my heart I cannot do it, it feels like cheating. So yes I am very selective about my work now, there is a sense of self-respect that has come in now. I don’t disrespect myself anymore, by playing a role that undermines me in any way.”

When asked if people have taken her being nice for granted ever, Divyanka explained, “I feel nobody consciously misuses you, I think it’s a part of life. Maybe we are meant to go through certain pressures in life, but it makes us a different version of ourselves.”

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Recently, Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya met with an accident and fractured her forearm following which she had to undergo surgery. However, she was discharged on Sunday and is recovering now.

 

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Talking about Adrishyam, she says, ” It was fascinating, I always wanted to play such a character while doing TV for all these years I never had the opportunity to do many action sequences so after wishing for it badly, this character came to me. I used to manifest and think I was made for such characters, but why isn’t it coming to me? Finally, I got it. It is fun but also challenging. The storyline is very tough to follow. We have to be very attentive with our emotional graph and the character graph.”