Mumbai (Thestates.news)| Veteran Bollywood actress Sonam Khan, remembered for her brief yet memorable stint in Bollywood during the 1980s, recently opened up about one of the most transformative roles of her career, her portrayal of a dual character in the 1989 film “Mitti Aur Sona”.
In a deeply personal Instagram story, the actress reminisced about the psychological demands and emotional depth required to embody two disparate personas, a vibrant college student and a vulnerable courtesan. This not only gave her courage and understanding, but also helped her in playing her character honestly in the film.
Sonam Khan wrote, “Mitti Aur Sona is a movie closest to my heart… I played a college girl and a courtesan. Yes, challenging it was. I had to adapt the mannerisms of a college student and a girl who is moonlighting as a sex worker. I had a point to prove with this movie. How? I had no clue. I was usually associated with being sexy Sonam, wearing bikinis with gay abandon. This movie gave me a chance in my short but eventful career of less than 4 years to prove that I could act and look sexy too.”
Sonam added, “I even spoke to a few of them. I felt a great sense of grief, fear and protectiveness towards those young girls. I remember I had to do a scene in which I was wearing a skin colour short, strapless dress which gave a feeling that I wasn’t wearing anything, as the scene absolutely demanded that through camera lens & angles.
“At first, I was okay and then suddenly, I just burst out crying and refused to do the scene… I was just 15/16 years old. After persuading me several times in the makeup room, I went to the set and did that scene. I gathered courage from the girls whom I had seen in the red-light area a few years ago,” said Sonam She concluded the post on Instagram by thanking producer Pahlaj Nihalani for giving her the lifetime opportunity to work in the film “Mitti aur Sona”. (S-UNI)
