After Fighting Cancer, Nafisa Ali Is ‘Looking for Perfect Script’
Nafisa Ali Sodhi took to social media to make the announcement.
Bollywood actor Nafisa Ali Sodhi on Monday took to social media to announce her comeback to Indian cinema. She posted a black and white photo of herself, the caption of which talks about how she’s looking for “an elegant role to portray in Indian cinema.” She further adds that she wants a “perfect script” meant for a “senior actor”, and that she’d prefer to play the role of “a minority.”
“I am Nafisa Ali Sodhi and I would like an elegant role to portray in Indian cinema . So looking for a perfect script as an senior actor , a minority , I need to work to express my emotions .I will not be dictated to. May God give each of us the strength to follow our dreams . Stop targeting young women in India. Stop religious intolerance. Stop dictating to Indians . India is unique and we must protect our secular fabric .Stop this divide and rule . Focus on a better world,” she wrote as the caption.
Known for her roles in Bollywood films like Life in A... Metro, Guzaarish and Junoon, Nafisa was recently diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. In November, she took to Instagram to share a photo of herself losing hair due to chemotherapy. “My hair has started falling out in heaps ... it made me cry ... not for vanity but the reality that I have cancer and that Chemotherapy is working finally sank in . I will shave my hair off tomorrow,” she wrote.
Ever since, Nasifa has been actively sharing her journey on social media and it seems that after taking a short hiatus from acting, she’s all prepared to come back and in search for strong, well-written scripts.
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