My mother told me that I would fail as an actor: Deepika Singh

TV actor Deepika Singh says that her mother never supported her decision to become an actor.

Actor Deepika Singh is now a familiar household name. However she says that initially, her mother was not very comfortable with her decision to become an actor.

Actor Deepika SIngh says that she was scared of failure when she joined the industry.

“When I came to Mumbai initially, my mother would often call me and tell me that I would fail as an actor. My mom told me, ‘Have you seen your height, you will never be able to make it big. In fact, when I told them that I bagged the lead role in my show, she was convinced that someone was trying to fool me. I also got convinced at a point and thought she might be right!” says Deepika, who plays the role of Sandhya in TV show Diya Aur Baati Hum.

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The actor says that she remembers struggling a lot in her early days. “I completely stopped shopping. I used to watch films all night, as I felt this would help me work on my acting skills. I would read the script again and again . I went through hardship and struggled so much. It had become a do-or-die situation for me,” she says.

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“I felt that if I failed as an actor, the entire world would know. That is what bothered me the most. I knew I had no choice but to perform well. I had done my MBA before coming to Mumbai and I knew that I was completely changing the direction of my career and I just had to do well,” she adds.

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