The New Indian Express ·
Shanvi Srivastava: I don’t want to be in survival mode
It has been a decade since Shanvi Srivastava entered the film industry, and she has watched cinema and her priorities change. From films such as Chandrika, which marked her debut followed by films like Masterpiece, and Avane Srimannarayana to America America 2, releasing on September 11, the actor says she has learnt that being visible is not the same as being valued.
“Except for myself, I think everything around me has changed, and it is in a good way,” she says. That has altered the way she approaches work. Early in her career, she was keen to keep moving, but eventually realised that choosing a film simply to remain busy was not enough.
“There came a point when I didn’t want to be in survival mode, doing films to earn money. The middle-class mindset saved me. In the beginning of my career, I did things for myself and then took the path of choosing scripts for me. It takes time, and it takes a lot of rejection from my end and from the team’s end.”
