MUMBAI: It is a truth universally acknowledged that an actor’s children will be actors or at least involved in the film business in some capacity. But somehow, unfollowing the nepotism Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan’s daughter Shweta Bachchan, is among the few who chose to stay away from arc lights.

Writing about the most common question she is often asked, ‘Being Amitabh Bachchan’s daughter, why didn’t you become an actor?’, Shweta earlier revealed that she was cast in her school play only because she was tall. She played a Hawaiian girl who had to do nothing but look pretty and twirl on the stage, “All we had to do was undulate our arms and twirl, looking pretty and most importantly tall.”

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But things didn’t go as planned. Moments before the performance, Shweta’s skirt was “torn right off” and she was the only girl who couldn’t twirl on the stage. She couldn’t remember her “simple single step” and this incident made Shweta swear to “never to get on stage again.”

Besides the personal experience, the star kid believes “it takes a lot of talent and tenacity to be an actor.” She said she has a “crippling fear of the camera and crowds” and the words, “Start sound, camera, action” freezes her up.

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Shweta also addressed how it is not easy to be a successful actor and one requires to make many “personal sacrifices” to reach the zenith of success. She wrote, “It is a tough world and most people do not realise the personal sacrifices made to get to these lofty positions. A lot of my life has been shaped by these very sacrifices made by my parents.”

Earlier in Karan Johar’s Koffee With Karan, Shweta had said she has seen hatred that actors are subjected to on social media and the struggle following a box office failure quite closely, hence she would never want any of her family members entering the film industry.

Credit: The Indian Express