The actor Nargis Fakhri, who became well-known after Imtiaz Ali’s Rockstar, explained her break from acting in a recent interview. She admitted that she had been under a lot of emotional and physical strain, to the point where she didn’t like who she was. The industry was described by Nargis as “a rat race.” She also went on to state her rules of life.
After co-starring in Rockstar with Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis quickly gained fame. Thereafter, she made her Hollywood debut with Spy and later acted in movies like Main Tera Hero, Madras Café, Housefull 3, and Spy. She eventually returned to her family in the US, though. She has returned to India.
Talking about her absence from the industry, Nargis recalled , “I became unwell. I was going through too much mental and physical stress. I had a lot of physical ailments that were interfering with my daily life. It was very difficult to ignore these problems. My body, in a way, was telling me that it’s not being able to handle it. I knew it in my mind that I had to take a break because I wasn’t the happiest person.”
“In an industry like this, you’re constantly running on a hamster wheel, you’re always in a rat race, and you’ve to keep up because you don’t want to fall back. You’ve to attend meetings, you’ve to do ads… it just never ends! You only get a couple of days off between projects. The pressure and the mental stress that you go through is heavy even though that depends on the kind of films or characters you’re doing. You’ve to invest your soul when you’re acting,” also added. Nargis Fakhri believes that actors often need more than just a few days of break to be themselves.
Nargis Fakhri rules of life
- Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
- What others think of you is none of your business.
- Time heals almost everything, give it time.
- Don’t compare your life to others and don’t judge them. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
- Stop thinking too much, it’s alright not to know the answers. They will come to you when you least expect it.
- No one is in charge of your happiness, except you.***
- Smile. You don’t own all the problems in the world
Now Nargis is all set to mark her comeback and was last seen at IIFA Awards 2022 in Dubai. During a conversation earlier this year, the actor revealed that she was in talk with four scripts. “Things are going to happen this year for sure and you will see me on screen next year. I am waiting to see myself back on the screen,” she said. Nargis was last seen in Torbaaz (2020).