Nia Sharma started her career as a demure TV bahu but the Jamai Raja actress
has grabbed more eyeballs with her sexy Instagram posts and frank take on
slut-shaming.
Then she was cast in Vikram Bhatt’s erotic webseries
Twisted, which saw her getting intimate with both her co-stars Namit Khanna and Ishita Sharma.
Now, the actress, who has been signed up for Khatron Ke
Khiladi 8, has opened up about her risqué image.
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Nia told SpotboyE.com: “Nobody among my family and
friends reacted to the smooch with Ishita. Because, it's such a normal thing.
So I don't know what is the hoopla about? I shot this sequence two months back.
That day, I was very nervous, very uncomfortable. That day I realised that
acting doesn't come like a piece of cake to you. But after two months, when
it's on air it, created waves and I don't understand why?.”
The TV star added that she consumes a lot of
international webseries where a kiss is commonplace.
“It's the Netflix age and I am a girl who watches it from
dawn to dusk. Koi ek scene nahi hai jahan aisa kuch naa ho. So for me it's very
normal. Honestly, we are mirroring the real world. It doesn't make me a lesbian
or the things which people are writing. So being an actor, I am very happy that
I have got an opportunity to explore TV and digital mediums. But in a way
I am happy about all that was written because people are actually watching the
show more,” said Nia.
Nia added that the backlash was a result of her stepping
away from her TV bahu image.
“Remove the bahu tag from Nia Sharma and then you will
understand that whatever I did was absolutely apt. As long as you will keep
calling me TV bahu, things will not look normal," she added.
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While she is not afraid of the trolls and slut-shamers,
Nia is afraid of encountering lizards on Khatron Ke Khiladi, which is currently
being shot in Spain.
"I don't know if I will be able to survive for even
three episodes. I am very afraid of lizards, so if they will ask me to perform
a task with them, I will leave the show and come back to India.”
Thankfully, Nia’s Jamai Raja co-star Ravi Dubey is also
part of the show, so she will at least have someone to keep her company.
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