Lara Dutta says 'she was tired of playing hero's girlfriend or wife'

The 43-year-old actor said she decided to overcome the situation by consciously choosing comedy films, which she found offered her more scope to perform. 

Took break from acting because I was tired of playing hero's wife: Lara Dutta

Mumbai: Actor Lara Dutta says she decided to momentarily step away from acting because she felt 'jaded' being slotted in roles which required her to be either the 'girlfriend or wife' of the leading men. After a career of almost a decade following her 2003 debut 'Andaaz', Dutta slowed down her film work post 2015.