Rasika Dugal starring in the 2020 movie Lootcase
Award-winning actor, Rasika Dugal, has never had more work, or been recognised more often.
The Indian actor's star is rising - she will soon be seen in the second season of drama, Delhi Crime on Netflix and in the film, Lord Curzon Ki Haveli. She is also currently working on a unnamed TV series.
But it hasn't always been this way. Like many actors, her early years in the industry were tough and frustrating. Ms Dugal worked on films that were never released and those that did reach the box office, did not attract much of an audience.
"While working on those films was a very fulfilling experience as a performer, the films didn't reach the audience I felt they deserved," she says.
When it came to distribution, the small films she worked on just did not have the marketing budgets to compete with the big blockbuster movies, so struggled to find an audience.
"All the popular and convenient screens and show timings [at cinemas] would already be taken by the bigger film," Ms Dugal explains. READ MORE...
