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Sonam Khan: ‘Mitti Aur Sona' proved that I could act and look sexy too
Mumbai: Veteran actress Sonam Khan shared that she found her role in the 1989 film 'Mitti Aur Sona' challenging, as she played both a college girl and a sex worker to prove her acting abilities beyond her "sexy" image.
The actress took to Instagram, where she went on to share that at the age of just 15-16, she drew strength from visiting a red-light area, enabling her to tackle emotionally intense scenes, including the film's raw climax, which left a lasting impact.
She shared a couple of stills of her look from the film, which was directed by Shiv Kumar. It also stars Chunky Pandey and Neelam.
Sonam wrote: 'Mitti Aur Sona is a movie closest to my heart… I played a college girl and a sex worker. Yes, challenging it was. I had to adapt the mannerisms of a college student and a girl who is moonlighting as a sex worker. I had a point to prove with this movie. How? I had no clue.'
She added: 'I was usually associated with being sexy Sonam, wearing bikinis with gay abandon. This movie gave me a chance in my short but eventful career of less than 4 years to prove that I could act and look sexy too.'
The actress visited a red light area in a burka, saw the mannerisms of the young girls there revealed that her 'heart was full of mixed emotions.'
'I even spoke to a few of them. I felt a great sense of grief, fear and protectiveness towards those young girls.'
The shoot was rather eventful too, shared the actress.
'I remember I had to do a scene in which I was wearing a skin colour short, strapless dress which gave a feeling that I wasn't wearing anything, as the scene absolutely demanded that through camera lens & angles. At first, I was okay and then suddenly, I just burst out crying and refused to do the scene… I was just 15/16 years old,' she said.
The actress added: 'After much cajoling in my makeup room, I went on the set and did the scene thinking & taking courage through the girls I had seen in the red light area a couple of moons ago… '
Talking about her 'favorite song of the movie', she said it is ''Zindagi Mein Pheli Pheli Baar' sung by the legendary late singer #latamangeshkar ji.'
'The last song of Mitti Aur Sona which was sung beautifully by our iconic, @ ji was shot with me wearing zero makeup. The shoot wrapped up of Mitti Aur Sona, which was the death scene again without makeup and was the climax of the movie. I started feeling very choked up.'
Sonam said: 'I went home and cried a lot as I had so many emotions to vent out… my mom watched me in horror as she had never seen me crying like this. I styled my look for Mitti Aur Sona all by myself as I was obsessed with Madonna back then and even now. My co-actors @chunkypanday & #pran Saab were beyond helpful during the shoot.'
She concluded: 'I shall always be grateful to @pahlajnihalani sir who gave me an author backed role. Sometimes in a leap of fate, I went from a scantily clad sex siren to proving that I can act too.'
