I Am Blessed With Strong Camera Presence I Realised It Early In My Career When I Would Share Screen Space With These Beautiful Actresses And People Would End Up Watching Me More Mita Vashisht

She is one of the finest actors of our times. But ask Mita Vashisht about her biggest strengths as an actor, and she would aver that along with talent (oodles of it, actually), it’s also her strong camera presence. She says, “You can be the best-looking person around, but if the camera doesn’t take you, it’s all in vain. A movie camera is a strange person — it looks through the make-up and all the paraphernalia, and gazes straight into your soul. There’s no fooling it. I think I am blessed with a strong camera presence. I realized it early in my career when I would share screen space with these beautiful actresses, and people would end up watching me more.”

Another must for a great actor, she says, is honesty. “That is what my teacher taught me right at the beginning of drama school. He said that one has to be honest about who he/she is. Why are you doing something in life, what you are doing, what it means... These are the crucial things that go into making a person an actor,” Mita elaborates.

Point out that her strong personality also makes her stand apart and she says that there’s a deep connection between having a strong personality and being a good actor. She explains, “As an actor, the tools of your craft are your body, your voice, your mind, and your convictions. All these define you as a person and eventually, as an actor. Of course, while I have the talent, it has to be nurtured. I have to keep a watchful eye on how I am living my life because if my tools are messed up, I won’t be able to deliver as an actor.