Feel fortunate to be offered characters of substance, says Fatima Sana Shaikh

Actor Fatima Sana Shaikh, who broke into Bollywood scene with 2016 blockbuster Dangal, says she is blessed to be getting great scripts to choose from.

28-year-old actor's last cinematic outing was 2019's "Thugs of Hindostan", which could t register a strong performance at box office.

"I feel fortunate I am getting great scripts, where characters are t weak and re is more substance to it. Though re are quite a few projects being offered but t all of m excite me.  "It is t all about professional (reasons) but emotional too. If I am t in an emotional where I want to do something, I don't do it. It is a battle with myself," Fatima told PTI in an interview.

In case of her forthcoming releases including Anurag Basu's Ludo and Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari, Fatima said reasons to do se two movies were script and her co-stars.

actor will be seen opposite Rajkummar Rao in Ludo, in Suraj Pe..., she stars with Maj Bajpayee and Dijit Dosanjh. Talking about working with seasoned co-stars, Fatima said, What I have understood by working with all of m is that all se people are so good at ir job and y have one thing in common  passion for ir work.

" way y approach each film with childlike excitement, that is something I would like to retain. I really hope I never lose that passion for my work. After a sports drama like Dangal, actor featured in action-venture Thugs of Hindostan. w while Ludo is a dark anthology comedy, Suraj Pe is an out-and-out comedy.  

For Fatima, story matters, t genre. If it strikes a chord with me, I do it. If I like something I just want to jump into it even if it is out of my league. Like Dangal' was out of my league, I never thought I would be able to do so many stunts. But I really wanted to be part of it so I worked hard and did it. Every film poses a different kind of challenge to an actor, she said.

Besides getting comic timing right, for Suraj Pe, she h to learn Marathi accent, and in case of Ludo, she relied on instructions of her director. In comedy it is all about reacting to situation and your co-stars. It is about being spontaneous, which doesn't come naturally to me but that is what I have learnt and I am gl I got this opportunity.

Ludo was scheduled to hit atres on April 24. actor said given coronavirus pandemic, she isn't even thinking about film's release. "Right w we are battling something that is so grave".   Set in a quintessential Indian metro, "Ludo" follows four different stories with people dealing with unavoidable jeopardies of life.

film also features Abhishek Bachchan, itya Roy Kapur, Sanya Malhotra, Rohit Saraf and Pankaj Tripathi. Fatima h also wrapped up "Suraj Pe... ", which boasts of an ensemble cast of Annu Kapoor, Maj Pahwa, Seema Pahwa, Vijay Raaz, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Manuj Sharma. Directed by Abhishek Sharma of Zoya Factor fame, film is scheduled to be released later this year.