Actor Fatima Sana Shaikh says she has learnt the art of not letting social media chatter and fake news about personal life get to her. The actor, who is promoting her upcoming film Metro…In Dino, opens up to HT in a candid chat about various kinds of insecurities, and how she deals with them. (Also read: ‘Good guys exist only in films’: Fatima Sana Shaikh rubbishes Vijay Varma dating rumours, shares blunt assessment of men)
On insecurities as an actor
In Metro In Dino, Fatima is part of an ensemble that includes seven other actors in lead roles. “It’s very easy to get insecure when there are so many actors and you don’t know what the script is,” says Fatima very candidly, “You can be insecure about how long your track is and what others are doing.”
However, the actor says that the insecurity never creeps in due to the trust she and the rest of the cast members have in director Anurag Basu. “We all trust him, and we have this belief that whatever time our character gets will have a good arc, and you won’t be forgotten,” Fatima adds.
On her public private life
Metro In Dino is an anthology story that deals with the challenges love faces in today’s world. As public figures, actors like Fatima share an additional challenge – of having their private lives being out in public. Talking about how she deals with unwarranted interest in her personal life, including relationship rumours and news, the actor says, “It affects at one point. Initially, it did. But then I realised it’s not that important, because someone thinks about someone else for just one second. After that, they are thinking about themselves. ‘Who is thinking about me?’ is what most people wonder.”
Fatima says she has learnt to block out that chatter over the years. “I have realised this. Woh Instagram ya Reddit par type kar lega ‘oh iski life me yeh chal raha hai’. But eventually, he is also worried about his own life. I don’t give that much importance now.”
Over the last few days, Fatima has been in the news for her personal life. Reports claimed that she is dating Vijay Varma. However, on Wednesday, during the trailer launch of her Netflix film Aap Jaisa Koi in Mumbai, she maintained she was single. When reporters present there tried to probe her about her personal life, Fatima replied, “No one is there. No good guys. They exist only in films.”
Metro In Dino also stars Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan, Ali Fazal, Konkona Sen Sharma, Pankaj Tripathi, Neena Gupta, and Anupam Kher. The film is scheduled to release on 4 July. Aap Jaisa Koi, Fatima’s next film after that, will stream on Netflix on July 11.
