‘ATS Malvika Gupta came with no assurance of dialogues,‘ says Haelyn Shastri

Actress Haelyn Shastri who plays AntiTerrorist Squad officer Malvika Gupta in Rohit Shettyrsquos Sooryavanshi talks about manifesting her role why she accepted the part despite no assurance of dialogues celebrating the filmrsquos success and moreHow did you get SooryavanshiI went to watch Simmba and in the end I saw Sooryavanshi is an upcoming movie of Rohit sir So I instantly felt I should be a part of this film I started manifesting resources to act with Akshay Kumar I have the habit of reading credits till the end of the film and tried to search them over various platforms and started looking for their email ids Being hopeful I made the first move by sending my profile and congratulating them for Simmbarsquos success After few weeks I received revert from sirrsquos team saying thank you and we will see if yoursquore fit for the role as it is a cop movie so there is not much of female roles so well let you know After a month or two they informed me there is a coprsquos role in this film with less dialogues but the character will be throughout the film I rejected a few TV roles and waited for this one Time flew and I heard Sooryavanshirsquos shoot started With heavy heart I tried to accept the rejection One day I got a call that there is one more cop role but wersquore not sure if there will be any dialogues yet we want an actor only for this role so we want to know are you interested There was no name of this character until recently when I wore police uniform as ATS Malvika Gupta And thatrsquos how I bagged this roleWhy did you take up the role despite the short screen timeI agree visibility for an actor is very important itrsquos not just small or big role but it is the role the character by which people will connect with you of course it will be based on how you perform But as much as bigger screen space is important even a small role also creates an impact if the character is strongNow that the film is a hit how are you celebrating its successIrsquom grateful and so glad that I am a part of Sooryanvanshi I thought the role I was shortlisted for had gone from my hands and there was no possibility of getting it back even after manifesting the cop role for six months and keeping constant contact with the film team I have received a lot of blessings from everyone it overwhelmed me because I donrsquot have a Godfather in the industry I will always be grateful to the Sooryanvanshi team Rohit Shetty and Akshay Kumar Each one of them has been supportive as my character ATS Malvika Gupta came with no assurance of dialoguesAlso Read IFFI 2021 Karan Johar lauds Rohit Shetty for cementing Goa in the memory of cinema goers across the world