New Delhi: Kriti Sanon is ready to leave her ‘good girl’ image behind. The actor says she would love to star in a film such as the 2014 thriller Gone Girl, and play a complex, morally ambiguous character.
Sanon recently appeared on the sixth season of Kareena Kapoor Khan’s talk show, Mirchi What Women Want, where she spoke about wanting to move beyond conventional, male-gaze-driven roles. The actor pointed out that for a long time, the industry wrote women as “sati-savitri, shy, coy”, but things are changing now.
“I was tired of those (good girl) roles, because in life, I have a good girl syndrome in general, so I felt this is where I could explore other bits, and it’s gonna be fun,” she said.
‘Like Kajol in Gupt’
Reflecting on her experience playing characters with grey shades, particularly her double role in Do Patti (2024), Sanon said it was liberating to portray women with flaws, insecurities, and anger instead of striving for an idealised version of femininity.
“One of the sisters was very unapologetic and very bitchy, and I really enjoyed her. As soon as I would step into Shelly’s character, my walk would change; I wouldn’t care or give a damn about anything… it was so refreshing,” she said.
Sanon added that she was glad to see writers creating more nuanced female characters who are allowed to be human rather than morally perfect. The actor said she wants to take on more edgy, unconventional roles.
“I would love to do a Gone Girl, but it has to also be written like that. I like when you can make people hate you, but they still feel for you and love you,” Sanon said.
Khan was quick to draw a Bollywood parallel: “Like Kajol in Gupt.”
Kajol’s character in the 1997 thriller Gupt: The Hidden Truth challenged conventional expectations of female characters in mainstream Hindi cinema.
(Edited by Prasanna Bachchhav)
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