I want to eat healthier and take care of myself now,” she says. Not that I was lazy earlier, but this was a different ball game. “I have a new respect for people who work towards staying fit. If you have made up your mind that vulnerable characters are all I can play, then that’s your problem, not mine,” she explains.įor ‘Special Ops’, the actor went through rigorous training to fit the role. Then again, I don’t really care what others think of me.

It’s very unfortunate that I am typecast as a mother or someone who can cry a lot. So was this role a way to prove a point? “Yes and no. “I don’t like showing my emotions to anyone else.” Meher adds that she’s quite tough in real life too. I had to learn how to not look vulnerable in front of the camera.” But with this spy thriller, it was important for me to show my toughness. She explains, “The roles I’ve done earlier are of vulnerable women.

The toughest thing she had to do for the series was to get into the skin of a tough character. So when I was offered a chance to do that in my reel life, I couldn’t say no,” Meher tells Metrolife. “I’ve always wanted to beat up people but it’s not something you can do in real life. Perhaps that’s why she couldn’t resist when director Neeraj Pandey offered her the role of a bad-ass agent in Hotstar Specials ‘Special In both films, she dons the avatar of a mother.īut that’s not how she wants to be remembered. Actor Meher Vij is probably best known for her roles in ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ and ‘Secret Superstar’.

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