She went on to work in other Bengali films, including Srijit Mukherji's musical drama "Jaatishwar" and the romance-action "Hero 420" in 2016. The actor found acclaim in filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh's 2011 period drama "Noukadubi",?based on Rabindranath Tagore's 1906 novel of the same name. I took a conscious decision to stop working in Bollywood movies at that time."īut what was a loss for Bollywood, turned out to be a gain for Bengali cinema. I couldn't go on set everyday, get my hair curled for hours and sit with all that make-up. "I found myself very uneasy, very uncomfortable. When I'd watch myself on screen I'd be like 'eeks, I can't believe that's me.' I was doing all these roles, wearing a mini skirt, running around and acting 'cute'. "Everyone wants to be glamorous, no doubt, but I was so young when I came here.
So, despite featuring in multi-starrers, including "Apna Sapna Money Money", "Shaadi No 1" and "Love Khichdi" between 2005-2010, the roles and the overarching emphasis on "looking glamorous" became increasingly tough to handle. With time, the discomfort of fitting in the stereotype of a 'Hindi film heroine' started to get on her nerves. "Even when I went out, people had this perception that 'Oh Riya Sen' because they feel what you're on screen, you're the same in real life." There was so much pressure to always look perfect, a certain way. I was in school when the tag of 'sexy' started coming way. "Getting those tags, it was just terrible, horrible. The 39-year-old actor said that labels such as "sexy" and "bold" made her feel terrible. I didn't fit into that," Riya told PTI in an interview.
"At that point when I did a lot of Bollywood movies, it was about being sexy, the clothes that you wear, the makeup that you do. That's why probably people thought I was a bad actress and I don't blame them. "I realised some of the films I did, after a few hits that I had, they weren't working for me because I wasn't comfortable in the roles I was playing. But with commercial success, the tag of being "bold" caught up.
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