Soniya Bansal says no hurdles in film industry down South compared to Hindi cinema

Actor Soniya Bansal, has stepped in the Telugu film industry after making her debut in Bollywood, she has worked for two Hindi feature films. She says that in the South film industry, there are no hurdles like in the Hindi film industry. Bansal has completed shooting for upcoming Telugu films Dheera with Laksh Chadalavada and Yes Boss with KL Havish.

“In South film industry there are no hurdles like we have in the Hindi film industry. I have worked in Telugu industry and everyone means serious business there. People are very professional there and what they say they deliver. Here projects keep on lingering and many times after wasting several months they don’t happen. Casting and others asking for favours is also prevalent, but you need to tackle it,” says the Shoorveer (2022) actor.

She further added “See, you can always reject such people – small or big – and can work with others as there is no dearth of casting people, producers and directors. I feel our (film) industry is better as there are multiple options. Harassment and such things happen in other industries also, but there, unfortunately, people don’t have many options.”

“I hope my stint down South will fetch me good work in the Hindi industry. I am learning Telugu as I want to do bigger films now and it’s your work only that fetches you good work. Besides, I feature in music videos for singers like Navraj Hans, Krishna Beuraa and Master Saleem. I am in talks for Hindi projects as well,” she says.

On her journey she says, “After completing my education from Agra, I shifted to Mumbai and worked in the corporate world for a year but acting was on my mind. So, I started with modelling and did lots of shows, which led to commercials and music videos and even fetched me a feature film 100 Crore with Rahul Roy. Thereafter, I got Naughty Gang (2019) and I got to play the role of cop in Dubki (2021).”

She concluded by saying, “In our industry, it’s tough to get work and survive without a godfather so you need to explore options as it’s not possible to survive amidst the tough struggle. This I understood after working in the South film industry.”