In an interview with IANS, actress Shruti Bapna, who played a lesbian character in the web series, Breathe: Into the Shadows talked about her role and her vision of playing that character.
Though, this was the first time that Shruti played a gay character and even had intimate scenes with actress Nithya Menen, the actress said that she was not apprehensive when she took up the role. The other characters toplined in the web series are Abhishek Bachchan and Amit Sadh.
When Shruti was asked in the interview if she was apprehensive about doing an intimate lesbian scene, she replied, “When I got the part I did not really think much on those lines about having an intimate scene. Yes, as an actor it’s not that easy to just go ahead and do an intimate scene. One does have some inhibitions.”
She said that she pulled all her mind into understanding her character, named Natasha. While explaining about the same, she said, “When I got this part that (inhibitions over the intimate scene) was not really the focus. What I really put my intention and hard work into was in discovering Natasha as a homosexual woman. For me, it was interesting to dive into that psychology of that woman’s sexual identity.”
She also added that she knew the scene would be treated right, and that it was done with ‘right intention’ and ‘nothing sleazy.’
While speaking about her character, she said “All these things I was aware of, and when the moment came I went for it. I didn’t think much because as that character I needed to be comfortable and own up identity as a lesbian and that’s what I intended to do.”
Finally, when being asked about her family’s reaction on her performance, she claimed happily saying, “They all are very happy and proud. I think they are also happy that I got this much screen space. That was quite a relief for them and also for me. Apart from that, they are really happy with my performance.”
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