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Soni Razdan Recalls Career Setback After Marriage, Television Revival

Soni Razdan Recalls Career Setback After Marriage, Television Revival
‘People didn’t bother about me’: Soni Razdan says she was written off after marriage · telegraphindia.com

Soni Razdan is an actor who has worked in films and television.

She said people stopped offering her many important film roles after she got married.

She sometimes acted in films directed by her husband, Mahesh Bhatt.

Television then gave her regular work and helped her return to acting.

She appeared in shows such as Junoon and Saahil.

Razdan said acting has changed through parallel cinema, television, films and OTT platforms.

Now she looks for meaningful roles and worries less about appearances.

She is also preparing to direct a film, although she will not act in it.

Key facts

Film debut
Razdan made her Hindi film debut in 36 Chowringhee Lane in 1981.
Marriage
She married filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt in 1986.
Television work
She appeared in the 1990s shows Junoon and Saahil.
Film appearances
She occasionally appeared in Daddy, Sadak, Sir and Gumrah, including films directed by Mahesh Bhatt.
Current series
Razdan currently stars in the Netflix series Shaque.
Directing project
She is working on a complex film she plans to direct and does not intend to act in.

Quotes

Soni Razdan

Veteran actor discussing the decline of her film opportunities after marriage

“I was sort of written off, people didn’t bother about me at all. Then I came back. In fact, Siddharth P Malhotra’s father was the one whose company gave me work consistently.”
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“That (TV) was what gave me the strength to come back into acting. Then after that, things followed on from there. So, many other things happened.”
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