Tanya Maniktala pays tribute to Mira Nair on Trainer`s Day

Tanya Maniktala could have racked up a number of internet collection and movies in her kitty, however ask her a couple of transformative venture and he or she factors to A Appropriate Boy (2020). The British tv drama not solely introduced her into the limelight but additionally launched her to the magic of Mira Nair. On the event of Trainer’s Day right now, the actor says that she was fortunate to discover a mentor within the acclaimed filmmaker so early on in her profession. 

“Mira di trusted me not solely with Lata Mehra [her character] in A Appropriate Boy, but additionally as a performer, a pupil of cinema, and a human being able to dwelling that journey. Working beneath her was like attending the best performing faculty on this planet, the place each second was an schooling. She taught me to give up to the character, to imagine within the silences, and to search out fact within the smallest of particulars,” shares the actor, grateful to be given the central function within the collection that starred skills like Tabu, Ishaan Khatter, and Vijay Varma.

Calling Nair her “best trainer”, the actor — who went on to star in Feels Like Ishq (2021) and Kill (2023) — credit the filmmaker for educating her to decide on roles which have depth. She says, “Normally, in tasks of scale, ladies characters find yourself on the sidelines. However I hunt down components the place ladies aren’t merely flower pots.”