Niharika NM He has been a social media star for years and has a huge following on various platforms. While she’s far from an unfamiliar face, acting is still a relatively new journey for her. She will now be seen in her fourth film Bhai Tera Star Hai, directed by Raghav Juyal Opposite her. Full of excitement, niharika She is just as lively and candid in person as she is online, and this is reflected in her energetic persona, even online.In a candid chat, Niharika opens up about her latest film, which releases on July 30, her aspirations as an actor, learning to tune out negativity on social media, embracing confidence, and more. Continue reading…
What attracted you most to Bhai Tera Star Hai?
First of all, I think this story is absolutely chaotic and crazy in the best way possible, and I think me personally, I love watching chaotic comedies and comedies of chaos and comedies of errors, and this is exactly that. As a viewer, I really enjoy it when I have to imagine the script on paper. So I thought I wanted to make movies that audiences would like. So I signed up immediately and it was a beautiful combination in terms of my role. Everyone has a role, everyone is doing their part, and everyone works together to make this movie what it is. Honestly, that’s the nature of this movie. All the characters come together and they sprinkle their own personalities onto the roles they are given. I think it’s a beautiful, chaotic mess, and it really is a riot.
‘Idayam Murari ‘, ‘Peru’, ‘Mithra Manderley ‘Now, people do see that you have a variety of options.
I want to try to push my limits. I want to know more. Because I feel like I’ve been creating the same type of work online. I’m bored. I’m so bored and I like to be stimulated. I love when my mind is stimulated. I think the monotony of it made me feel like I was in a rut. I felt like I couldn’t demonstrate exactly what I could do or what I wanted to do. The same goes for the movies I picked, initially I picked comedies, black comedies, black comedies, just horror comedies, all of them I picked. But I just wanted to see what different types of humor I could explore before moving on to other emotions. Just wanted to try it out first to see if I was good at what I did.
Your audience does know you because of your work as a content creator, rather than a complete newcomer. Does that add to your advantage, or is it a challenge to break that stereotype and always find new roles?
Sometimes I feel like, you know, people expect me to act a certain way because they’re used to it. But I’ve also noticed that they’re open to seeing other variations, because I also understand that as a person you have different sides and you explore different emotions. I can’t be funny or happy all the time. So I think that makes me more human. As far as content goes, I think I’ve always stuck to curated content and I’ve never shared a lot of lifestyle content or anything about my life online. So they don’t really know who I am.
Is it a conscious choice not to let people know more about you as a person?
Yes, that’s true, because I started using the Internet when I was 16 years old. I’ve been online for the past ten years. So it felt like I had to grow in front of the audience. So when I fail or fail, it happens publicly. So when you’re that young, it can be a little hard to accept or understand or digest. I think I’ve learned from my mistakes not to give away too much information that might be detrimental to you personally. Now, people criticize the content of the work that I do, I can’t, I don’t take it personally, I take it as criticism and improve it because they can’t comment on anything personally because they don’t know. This is a conscious decision.
What it’s like to share screen space with others Raghav Zhu Yalhe Sanjay Kapoor ?
I think I had a very, very good time working with Raghav. He’s very professional, but he’s just as funny off camera as he is in front of it. He had this infectious energy that really lifted the spirits of all of us, even though the timing of our shoot was really weird. I think it’s a little rare that someone is so ecstatic about their job that it really makes other people equally enthusiastic. Mr. Sanjay Kapoor is indeed a very charming man. He always has a smile on his face and is very involved in his scenes. He cared so much about the script, the movie, what he was doing, how he dressed, like he was really, really invested in it, like he really cared. Even during promotions, I feel like he always said, you know, why don’t we do this? Why don’t we do this? We should push this further. He really, really cares. I think that’s a beautiful thing, considering he doesn’t actually need to do this.
When you transitioned into acting, was there any advice or advice you were given that you took seriously?
You know, I feel like most of the advice I get, usually what I notice is that people who haven’t really done much themselves are the first ones to give advice, and it’s free. So I learned not to listen to advice from people who haven’t done something themselves. Yes, seriously. I think one thing I’ve learned in these ten years is that it doesn’t matter what people think of you because opinions are not facts. It’s okay not everyone likes drinking tea because some people don’t like tea. That’s totally fine. They have the right to express their opinions. However, I do not cloud my mind, my knowledge of myself, and my confidence in myself with external validation or opinions, although my work sometimes relies on external validation. I think having a strong core and believing in myself, I think I’m delusional about optimism.But I also think it’s because I feel like I’m not good enough because I grew up online the longest and suffer from imposter syndrome. Now that I’m older and wiser, I’ve learned from my mistakes. I’ve made sense of how I’ve felt in the past. I know this isn’t true. Like these feelings are valid, but they’re also based on other people’s opinions, not my time, effort, or energy.
So, does it take a while to get to the point where turning away from the noise and having confidence comes naturally? Or have you always been like this?
I think, more than anything, it took a lot of time. I spent a lot of time not feeling grounded, not feeling like I was enough, not feeling like I was worthy, or anything good, you know, because I feel like we always tend to focus on the terrible things that people tell us or the terrible things that happen to us. Eventually, slowly, gradually, I don’t think there was a turning point or a day where I woke up and I thought, today, I would think differently. I think it just happened because I was tired of other people’s opinions. So I think, slowly, my brain learned to cut out the noise and focus on what was important. All I care about now is what I think of myself and what my friends and family think of me because sometimes they believe me and I don’t even believe it. That really helps, like having a great support system. I think for me, especially my team, my family, my friends, they’ve been a rock and had faith in me, even in moments where I just gave up completely. It really helps me get over it and remind myself because they keep reminding me.
Is there a dream role or genre you’d like to explore next?
I think I have a pretty crazy person. I grew up watching Dexter and stuff like that. I really like “Obsession” recently. I definitely want to play a weird psychopath or killer. I just wanted to do something crazy and scare people. I wanted to do something rooted in the story, no glamor, nothing, just pure emotion, because sometimes I watch movies like this. When I looked at them I sobbed like I needed a box of tissues.
