Pranutan on comparisons with grandmother Nutan, father Mohnish Bahl: I’ll be a fool if I say I wasn’t ready for it

Actor Pranutan Bahl shares that she takes such comparisons as encouragement and wants to work hard so that people would understand that yes she is trying.

Living up to a family name is a task in itself and who better to understand than actor Pranutan Bahl, who is the granddaughter of yesteryear actor Nutan, daughter of Mohnish Bahl and the niece of Kajol. A famous lineage leads to comparisons, but Pranutan isn’t worried.

Pranutan Bahl made her Bollywood debut with Salman Khan’s production Notebook.

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“I’m ready for comparisons. I’ll be a fool if I say no. This is the fifth generation of the family in films and I knew this was going to happen,” says Pranutan, adding she plans to take it “as an encouragement.”

“I want to be good in my craft and up my game in a way that nobody can say ‘woh kahan they aur yeh kahan hai’. I know I won’t let that happen… At the end of it, if people say ‘okay she is trying’ and if they see growth in me, it will make me more than happy,” she smiles.

Late actor Nutan is the grandmother of Pranutan Bahl.

Doesn’t this comparison also lead to the pressure of expectations? “But I don’t view it as a pressure, I take it as a responsibility. The moment you start viewing it as pressure, then things might go out of hand. If you start viewing it as an asset and something that you need to live up to, then you will be in a happy space. That’s what I do — I just want to keep working hard and better my skills,” says the 26-year-old.

Recently, it was reported that Pranutan learned acting from her late grandmother. Mention it to the 26-year-old, who recently debuted in Bollywood with Salman Khan’s production Notebook, says it “is the biggest misquote ever”. She adds, “What I meant is that someone can understand and gain knowledge by following others… Acting is an innate thing, it’s very personal. How someone approaches a scene is different from how another person would do it.” The actor shares she has grown up watching films of Nutan.

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