“There’s beauty in imperfection.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“All of us, at different times of life, are looking for answers. It happened to me a decade ago and led me to the path of wanting to know more. I read Osho, Sadhguru, Deepak Chopra, and Parmananda Yogi. I haven’t found the ultimate answer. The journey is the answer.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“It is scary for me to do a film by directly showing up on the sets without any preparation.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“Maharani Gayatri Devi – she was elegance and simplicity personified.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I am ready to go super bold. I would like to thank not just my husband but even my in-laws, who have had no problems with my bold characters. You may find it surprising that we all discuss my scripts on the dining table.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“Having worked with Amitabh Bachchan was an exhilarating as well a great learning experience.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I don’t think people know what freedom of expression really means.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“When I dont have work to talk about, I dont need to be in the headlines.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I cleanse and wash my face thoroughly and apply ice before I start applying my makeup.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I love pairing evening gowns with hair tied up, like a boho updo or a curly chignon.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“Olive oil mixed with raw sugar makes for an excellent lip scrub.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“For the day, keep it simple, basic, minimalistic, natural. Stick to peaches and pinks. For night, you can add colour to your eyes, make them smoky, and also use shimmer and bronzer. Night make up also calls for louder lip colours.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“Rajasthan is a place I visit very often. My grandparents live in the village called Kulhariyon Ka Baas, and I am originally from Rajasthan.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“Make-up is an integral part of my lifestyle because of the profession I’m in.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I use a water-based cleanser for sensitive skin on a daily basis. This is essential, since I have oily skin.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I always use a night eye cream along with a moisturiser for the face depending on the condition of my skin.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“My make-up routine starts with a primer on clean skin, which gives the face a nice smooth glow.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I’m settled emotionally and mentally because of my partner, and a lot of my growth has happened post-marriage.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“It’s great to play games which are fun and make you enjoy, but the moment it puts you or anybody around you at risk, just know it’s not the right thing.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I have visited Ajmer Sharif Dargah a couple of times before, and each time, it fills my heart with so much love and gratitude.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I have to very consciously choose the kind of work I want to do.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I don’t care about the image I have. What matters to me is that with every film, I am growing more and more as an actor, pushing and challenging myself.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“’Pink’ is the turning point in my career. It just changed everything for me overnight.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“After ‘Pink,’ I wanted to do something that would challenge me further as an actor.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“It feels overwhelming to be recognised for ‘Pink.’ Surprisingly, all the frustration, angst of not being recognised for my talent and work all these years has disappeared overnight, and I am left only with gratitude.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“No one has the right to dirty someone’s personal space in any which way.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I do not let anyone make me feel ashamed of being who I am.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“Cinema is a reflection of society and, in most cases, has the ability to be a mirror and not just show the problems but also give solutions and help them reach a large number of people through faces and voices that matter.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I do not want to work to stay busy. I want to feel excited and challenged with each character that I portray on-screen.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“Whenever we actors become part of a Bollywood film, there is a certain pressure of earning a box office success.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I really invest a lot… physically and emotionally on my work.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“A lot of college kids are my fan following.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“My sister used to live in Gurugram. I spent good enough time here when we were shooting for ‘Pink.’”
― Kirti Kulhari
“Lot of people know very early what they want, but I didn’t know I wanted acting.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“Theatre, for me, is my playing field. That’s where I learnt my craft.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I won’t say there aren’t ‘smart’ roles for women, but the variety is limited. I feel the real representation is not widely available in Bollywood.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“As an actor, you break stereotypes all the time.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I enjoy doing both comedy and drama, as long as I’m not doing something continuously.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“Doing comedy takes much lesser toll on you as a person. The overall exertion is not as much as a serious film like ‘Pink.’”
― Kirti Kulhari
“It’s tough making people laugh, as we have so much going on in our lives. We forget to see humour as part of everything. The same thing translates on screen, too.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“Even writing a script which will be funny is not easy. To make the script come to life and make the audience laugh, I will call myself more of an actor if I am able to do that.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“Every time I meet someone, they talk about ‘Shaitan.’”
― Kirti Kulhari
“Good work will come to you when your film does well.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“It is true that no matter how good your film is, you get judged purely on the basis of how well it does at the box office.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“You will not find outsiders getting main, important roles in big films. The difficult part is to meet the right people.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I do feel that I have the capacity to carry a full film on my shoulder.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“It feels great to be given a protagonist role.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I won’t deny that when you look at a director’s work, you are aware of the different works that they have done. For me, what’s more important is my instinct about that person.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I don’t choose scripts with the intent to get an award.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I am an actress, so my fans or the large audience should look at me as an actress on screen and love or hate me based on my performance.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I have a neat and tidy bed when I reach home but a cluttered one by the time I leave.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I prefer eight hours of sound sleep at night. But on days when I can’t, I try not to fuss about it and keep taking power naps through the day.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I prefer complete darkness while sleeping at my house. If I’m staying in a hotel, I keep the lights on.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I use a relatively hard mattress.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I dont feel the need to be seen and heard all the time.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“As an actor, I am open to anything interesting that comes my way.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I like to read and watch a lot of movies.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“When I entered the film industry, I didn’t know anything about acting.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“Whenever I have to work on my skills or add to my craft, I do theatre. It’s one place where I can learn a lot as an actor.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“The more I grow as a person, the more I grow as an actor.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“There are so many people, organisations, parities, religions. Whatever you try, someone or the other will be offended.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“For an actor, it’s not like you have to go crazy to do an intense role.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“In theatre, you rehearse for months and then perform. That way, you’re totally in-sync with your character, the other characters, and the story.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I can’t do TV; I think I’ll die as an actor first and then as a person.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I think, since the beginning, I have been attracted to unconventional films.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“My father is a retired Navy officer; my sister is in the army. For me, defence services have been close to my heart.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I like to keep breaking the typecast and cliches.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I do not make an effort to promote myself as a brand. I just focus on making the right choices that feel right to me as an actor.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“For me, playing a mother was a point of resistance; the question of ‘will I get typecast’ was going on in my mind.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“As humans, our instinct is to be free. And any sort of restrictions don’t help.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“In Bollywood, everything is very one dimensional. This is a girl: she laughs a lot, is forever happy, chirpy, and that’s all she is doing throughout the film. That’s not how we are.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I love yoga and also work out a lot in the gym.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I think having naturally beautiful skin and hair and just glowing from within, that’s my idea of beautiful.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I love aloe vera, and I apply a lot of fruit and vegetable pulp as masks on my skin – fresh tomatoes, banana, avocado – anything that is around me.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I follow Ayurveda, but above everything, I believe in being healthy mentally, physically, and emotionally.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I am not at a level where I will be flooded with offers. Hopefully, things will change after ‘Pink.’ It is one film after ‘Shaitan’ where I am hoping things will change for me.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“Whatever I read about Emergency as a part and process of my film, I can say, as a citizen of a democratic country called India, I am certainly not ‘for’ Emergency, a decision that snatched away the normalcy of human life for 21 months.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“We were a Doordarshan household… with a curfew. So after lights out at 10 P.M., we could barely keep up with the latest films of the time. So even thinking about becoming an actress was unfathomable.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“It took me two years to just get my first shoot – for Shanti Amla Hair oil.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I was ecstatic when I got my first film. But it took me some time to realise that the struggles and hardships would never be over.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“My true satisfaction came when my parents told me that someone had seen me on TV and congratulated them.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I wish ‘Jal’ could re-release so that the people could watch it and know how people from Rajasthan and other drought-affected areas suffer.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I am receiving as much love for ‘Four Shots More Please!’ as I got for ‘Pink,’ if not more. It’s heart-warming.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“It’s high time subjects like sex, and everything that it includes, are normalised.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“People have to be pushed out of their comfort zones to be able to see things for what they are.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“It will be great to live in a world where we don’t discuss sex anymore because we have managed to go beyond it. And then we can focus on more important things.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I did my BMS from Bhavan’s College in Mumbai and a post-graduate diploma in journalism and mass communication.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I care about people, but if they try to control me, I don’t care about them.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I am not destructive. I cannot do something for my own pleasure that hurts someone else.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I cannot just blindly love someone.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“If ‘URI 2’ happens, I will probably play the lead.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I am not too much into political awareness, but I had known a lot about Indira Gandhi’s strong persona. Obviously, she had a powerful personality and a lot of clarity and wisdom to rule India for so long.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I’ve stopped blaming myself for being a woman. I’ve stopped being apologetic about my sexuality and become comfortable with myself.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I’ve stopped caring how others are going to perceive me if I wear something that they don’t like.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I have realised it is easy to point fingers at others, but the moment you start questioning yourself, you become a better person.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“Post ‘Shaitan,’ I felt frustrated, as I was not getting the kind of work that I wanted to do.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“I’d never want to repeat a character – once done, it’s of no interest to me.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“You need to be able to communicate what you feel – good or bad. But when I feel things are falling on deaf ears, I take a step back.”
― Kirti Kulhari
“Playing a superhero isn’t interesting because then you personify perfection, which is boring!”
― Kirti Kulhari
“Breaking stereotypes and my own barriers is great fun, because that’s what leads to growth.”
― Kirti Kulhari
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