‘Got access to industry people due to my mother, but not work’, says Bhagyashree’s daughter Avantika Dassani

Newcomer Avantika Dassani says there was a specific benefit that came with being the daughter of Bollywood actress Bhagyashree however bagged her debut project Mithya, solely on her own strength. The six-part series, Mithya, will release on February 18 on Zee5.

“I do accept and acknowledge that there is a lot of love and respect for my mother and brother in the industry. And so, someone will have a cup of chai with me but I won’t get a movie or a show because you are so-and-so’s daughter or son, at least not for me. I still have to earn that,” Avantika told PTI.

“However, that access means a lot because you have millions of people today just trying to be seen. It’s the hard work that will make the director think I’m right for that part or not or the producer to see I’m worth his or her money,” she said.

However, she had seen what film sets used to look like during her growing up years, turning into an actress was more of a gradual process and not an overnight move.

“It wasn’t something one fine day (I want to enter the film industry), it was something that had been coming out slowly. My parents kind of knew it, they saw it happening. But when it was the final decision, they wanted to sit me down and make me aware about everything — what will happen and what can happen. But whatever I choose to do, I have to be a hard-working person, is what they told me,” Avantika said.