Zareen Khan wants to do much more than look 'hot' in films

Zareen Khan File.Pic/Yogen Shah

Actress Zareen Khan gave content-driven performance a serious shot in her latest release "Hum Bhi Akele Tum Bhi Akele". She now hopes to get meaningful roles rather than just put make-up on and look glamorous.

"I have been offered a couple of different types of roles, I am keeping my fingers crossed," she says.

She hopes that people now see her in a different light after "Hum Bhi Akele Tum Bhi Akele", an offbeat, OTT-released film about a gay man and a lesbian woman, and their self-discovery on a road trip.

"I hope people see me in a different light and they do offer me roles that I really want to do -- meaningful roles rather than just putting on make-up and looking hot. I want to do much more than that," she said.

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Zareen, who faced bodyshaming after the release of her debut film, the Salman Khan-starrer 'Veer' in 2010, claims she was actually told to put on weight for the role by "experienced people" who gave her "instructions".

When Zareen Khan made her Bollywood debut opposite Salman in 'Veer', people were quick to notice that she had a passing likeness with Katrina Kaif. Soon, the focus shifted to her body type. "Everybody was just talking about my weight and I couldn't understand -- why is my weight such an issue, because I was told to put on that weight," she claimed.

"When I entered the industry, I was like this lost child. I was a 20 or 21-year-old, not as polished as the 20 or 21-year-olds we have now. (I had) Nothing to do with the Bollywood industry and there I was on a film set with the biggest superstar of the country," Zareen recalled about starring with Salman.

"When my very first shot happened I didn't even know where the camera was. I was that dumb and naive. When I am so inexperienced and I am working with such experienced people, they give you instructions. I was supposed to look like that and I followed instructions, and then when the film released it backfired on me. From my looks, to my weight to everything, I couldn't understand what I did. It was funny, it was disturbing. There were too many emotions at one time," Zareen added.