Shreya Dhanwanthary says she was 'almost homeless, stayed hungry' during days of struggle before signing her first film

Shreya Dhanwanthary has said she does not know how she spent 10 years struggling to make it in the entertainment industry.

Shreya Dhanwanthary, who recently marked the release of her new film Chup: Revenge of The Artist, has said she went through a long period of struggle before she found her footing in the entertainment industry. She recently shared that she faced several financial struggles and was even on the brink of homelessness during this time.

Shreya Dhanwanthary said she still has a long way to go in her career and wants to be like her Chup co-star Dulquer Salmaan.

Shreya moved to the Middle East with her parents when she was just a few months old and spent her life in Dubai, Bahrain, and Qatar before returning to India to pursue engineering. However, she always wanted to be an actor and decided to focus on making a career in the entertainment industry.

She told Curly Tales, "It was ridiculously difficult. Wanting to be in films was a part of me that I kept secret from my other secrets because I thought it was so ridiculous and unachievable for someone like me. I can't quite believe that I am here." She added that she still doesn't feel she has made it.

As her Chup co-star Dulquer said, "But you didn't take that long," Shreya clarified, "You had a 10-year career. I took 10 years to make my first film." She then added that she was ‘Trying to make my first film’ during that time. She added, "Don't ask me how I did it. I don't know how I did it. I don't know how I stayed here, how I continued staying here...not having the money, to almost being homeless, to stay hungry for a long time. I don't know how I did it, some sort of psychosis for sure."