'Can't Relate To Salman Shaking His Buttocks & Doing Dabangg' Aahana On Commercial Cinema

July 01,2022

Aahana Kumra entered Bollywood with Sona Spa in 2013 and rose to fame after playing a pivotal role in the 2017 hit Lipstick Under My Burkha. Since then, she has been majorly seen in web shows and films. The actress, who is a part of the recently released SonyLIV series Avrodh - The Siege Within 2, has revealed that she's not able to relate to commercial cinema.  

In a recent interview, talking about the content being made in Bollywood currently, Aahana cited Salman Khan's example and stated that she fails to identify with the kind of films where the superstar shakes his buttocks for the Dabangg step leaving his fans crazy.  

Talking about how OTT has brought about a revolution, the actress told Firstpost, "For my understanding OTT has been a breath of fresh air. For the longest time, we have been fed with commercial cinema which I didn’t identify with at all. Again television, which I couldn’t identify myself with. I don’t understand kitchen politics or family politics. I don’t understand shadayantr (conspiracy). We live in Bombay; honestly do we have time for shadayantr. I don’t understand that life where people are always playing kitchen politics. I am sure there are people like that to do kitchen politics or do those kind things. That is why these kind of shows become popular because there is an audience for that too". 

Aahana added, "I also can’t relate to Salman Khan coming and shaking his buttocks in front of me and the audiences loving it and doing Dabangg. I don’t identify with that either because I don’t understand that heroism. I am sure there is a huge audience for that too and they go crazy the moment Bhai (Salman Khan) comes in. It's a popular cinema, but do I identify with it? I don’t". 

She loves watching real stories and characters like The Lunchbox & Lipstick Under My Burkha on-screen and believes that there are other people like her.

On the career front, her lineup includes a Madhur Bhandarkar film titled India Lockdown and Revathy's Salaam Venky, starring Kajol in the lead role.