Mrunal Thakur on ‘Jersey’ and her Bollywood journey

The actor will next be seen opposite Shahid Kapoor in the upcoming film and hopes filmmakers continue to trust her

Actor Mrunal Thakur says her journey in Bollywood has been a "beautiful" and "organic" process of one film leading her to other interesting projects.

The actor, who made her Hindi movie debut in 2018 with “Love Sonia”, a hard-hitting drama on human trafficking, has worked with top stars such as a Hrithik Roshan in “Super 30”, “Batla House” and “Toofan” with actors John Abraham and Farhan Akhtar, respectively.

Thakur, 29, will next be seen opposite Shahid Kapoor in “Jersey” and the actor hopes filmmakers continue to trust her.

“My big ticket to Bollywood was ‘Love Sonia’ and this is the film that the majority of people have not seen. The best thing is that the film did so well in the international film circuits that all the filmmakers that I have worked with have watched the film.”

“The reason I got ‘Batla House’ was because of ‘Love Sonia’. Nikkhil Advani was on the jury at the Melbourne Indian Film Festival and ‘Love Sonia’ was the opening film. He saw my performance and cast me for ‘Batla House’,” Thakur said, in an interview.

While she was dubbing for “Batla House”, Advani spoke to filmmaker Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra when he was casting for “Toofan”.

“So, one film has led me to another one and it has been a beautiful process. I think my journey has been organic. I would like to thank the makers of ‘Love Sonia’ for casting me because of that film I am actually existing in Bollywood,” she said.