Started acting to run the household- Mahima Makwana

Actress Mahima Makwana is seen in the recently released web series Showtime on Disney Plus Hotstar. In this series she is playing the role of a film critic, in her personal life she is not influenced by reading reviews of films. The decision to watch the film or not is their own. Highlights of the conversation with Urmila Kori….

How special an opportunity do you consider being a part of Dharma Production’s web series?
It is a big thing that the team of Dharma felt that I would be suitable for the character of Mihika. I am thankful to him for his trust. As far as meeting Karan Johar is concerned, you will not believe if I tell you. We met for the first time during the trailer launch of the series. The first conversation that took place there. That too started with rapid fire.

How similar is she to Mihika’s character?
I am very honest in my personal life also. You are honest, which clearly means that you accept yourself as you are. Mihika also has oneness. He is also like me. Same character as in the beginning. I am like that, but in the end I become like her. (laughs) I am not like that, I would like to clear this.

You have started with television as a child actor, often television artists do not get equal opportunities in films, do you also go through this thought?
Every television actor has to go through this. Mouni also said that people get typecast, but there is no short cut for hard work. You have to understand that no opportunity is small or big. My role in the film Anakhil was only for 15 minutes but I played it with all my heart. When you come from a middle class home and are not associated with the industry at all, you think that this one opportunity will change your life, but it does not happen. You have to be patient. You have to keep working hard with your head down. It is very difficult, but one has to persist.

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Doesn’t rejection bother you?
It’s a matter of perspective. Sometimes I feel like banging my head. If I wake up every morning and think negative, then I should do something else. I strongly believe that whatever is written in your destiny definitely happens. Be it good or bad. The last one took place in 2020. Today is 2024. My acting journey started in 2011 with the television show Sapne Suhane, but I still consider it my beginning.

After the last show, what did you do in these years, how did you keep yourself busy?
I have worked continuously in TV. There I worked on myself for 24 hours whenever I got free time. Also gave many auditions. making new friends. I’m 24 now, so I think there’s still time.

Have you also been a victim of industry politics?
Yes, many times I used to reach audition level one. Then I didn’t get that film, someone else got it, so it’s not an easy place.

How financially strong have you made yourself?
I am still the only earning member of my family. I started working just to run the house. I lost my father when I was nine years old. There is a lot of responsibility on my shoulders. This industry can never secure you financially. If there is work today, there is no work tomorrow, if there is work tomorrow, there is no work the day after tomorrow. I don’t think I’m safe. I come from a very humble background. Many times I am associated with some project or other things only because of money. I have no shame in admitting this. However, now I have thought that apart from acting, I should also join a startup so that it can become a source of income.

There is a dialogue in the series that I feel afraid that I might get lost in the darkness, does the darkness of the glare of the industry bother you in your personal life?
My family will never let me get lost in this darkness. Single parents are a bit strict, so my mother has been strict. Where am I, with whom am I? They know everything. After finishing my work, I like to go to my mother and my dog ​​Doggo.

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