Sana Amin Sheikh: Child actors lose their innocence after working in TV shows

Sana Amin Sheikh feels she can’t relate to child actors; adds that she was shy and timid when she acted as a kid.

Actor Sana Amin Sheikh, who has been part of 10 shows in her eight year career, says she is glad to be working with a child actor in her new show Bhootu. “I have never worked with kids for a longer duration in a show. In my new show, the kid, Arshiya Mukherjee, is the central character, and we interact a lot on and off the camera. Child actors lose their innocence after working in TV shows as they are exposed to limelight, fame and money. They are professional and can handle people as they are trained by their parents. I can’t relate to such kids but my co-star is an exception thankfully. She is a doll,” says the actor.

Sana says usually she can’t relate to child actors but is in love with her co-star, a child actor.

Interestingly, Sana herself started her career as a child actor in Hasratein in 1995 and as an adult, she began acting since 2009 with Kya Mast Hai Life. “When I was a kid, I was shy and timid as I hadn’t been exposed to the world or media. Today, kids talk with the media easily.”

The actor, who got married last year to director, is “feeling settled” in life but says, “I wouldn’t recommend marriage to people (laughs). Take your time before you get married and spend time with each other. Once you feel that now, your only goal is to have kids, then get married. I realised this after I got married (laughs). My husband and I are two very young people, who are pursuing our own dreams.”

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