Like Stronger... Triptii Dimri

an Olympic athlete, Triptii Dimri has only soared higher with every release. She has a sense of mystery about her that makes one want to get to know her better. Triptii Dimri belongs to that rare breed of actors whom you feel compelled to watch scene after scene because they make acting look so effortless. She and fellow rookie Avinash Tiwary were cast as the leads in Imtiaz Ali’s 2018 romantic drama Laila Majnu. Both have charted their own paths. She says she is so close to Avinash’s family that they showered her with love after the release of Anvita Dutt’s Qala. “They said we’re always here for you and we hope things only get better from here,” she beams. Qala marks Triptii’s second collaboration with Anvita Dutt, Anushka Sharma, and the production company of Kkarnesh Sharma. She’s said to be in a romantic relationship with Kkarnesh and reportedly even shared some rather cute photos of herself with him recently. But she refuses to discuss her personal life. Bulbbul was the first film they did together. Through her haunting portrayal of the Chhoti bahu in the spooky thriller, which also starred Rahul Bose, Paoli Dam, Avinash Tiwary, and Parambrata Chatterjee, Triptii demonstrated her merits as an actor. With Qala, she has cemented her image as a performer. It’s a psychological drama that tells the tale of a tumultuous relationship between an aspiring singer and an intimidating mother. Shedding light on the core context of the film, which is about a mother-daughter relationship, Triptii shares that she was full of questions when director Anvita Dutt approached her to play the role. “There are so many questions that I was asking myself. I found out that as a kid, as a teenager, I had accused my own mother of so many things. I was kind of unknowingly holding so much grudge against myself and her. I was able to let go of it just by following the process of this film. And that’s such a beautiful thing.”

Talking about her on-screen mother, Swastika Mukherjee, she says she’s grateful for the opportunity to work with such a fine performer as Swastika, as it helped her fine tune her own craft. She reveals that when they were shooting, her director would not let her get too close to Swastika. “Anvita reasoned Swastika might get a little weak because she, too, has a daughter and would want to console Qala’s character and thus step out of the character subconsciously.

Nevertheless, despite the restrictions, we did manage to grow a bond between us, which is priceless. I’ve got a lot to learn from her.”