Digangana Suryavanshi is an Indian actress and author, she is one of the well-known names in Hindi television industry and as well as in Bollywood.
She is well known for portraying the character of Veera Kaur Sampooran Singh in the popular Star Plus TV series “Ek Veer Ki Ardaas…Veera”. She has written a novel, ‘Nixie the Mermaid and the Power of Love’. She was one of the youngest contestants in the reality show ‘Bigg Boss 9’ on Colors TV.
Digangana is the only actress who had debut in Bollywood with two movie releases on a same day .. she has worked in the films like “Fryday” and “Rangeela Raja” opposite the legendary actor Govinda and have also done Mahesh Bhatt film “Jalebi” opposite Varun Mitra.
Her Tamil debut “Hippi” which is directed by TN Krishna and Produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu(Kabali Producer), where she plays the role opposite to the lead Tamil actor Kartikeya Gummakonda, who got fame from ‘RX 100’, has been a great success.
Women Fitness had the wonderful opportunity to speak with the stunning actor, Digangana Suryavanshi and get to know more about her life, dreams and Telugu debut!
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
You are a well-known name in Hindi television industry and as well as in Bollywood, best known for portraying the character of Veera in the popular Star Plus TV series “Ek Veer Ki Ardaas…Veera”. Introduce us to your acting journey. How did it all start?
Ms. Digangana Suryavanshi:
I always wanted to become an actress because I saw my mom watching TV me always wishing to be in it. So my mom always told me that there are really good actors and I’d be like what actually an actor is. And she’d tell me anybody who can laugh when they want to cry or cry when they want to laugh, that’s called acting. That’s probably the simplest way she could explain to a five year old child and I’ve always been insisting my parents that you put me in it, so one fine day they just recorded a video of mine and they played it and then I went to my neighbours asking am I in your tv and they were like no so I said this is cheating.
Since then I realised and I told them that I wanted to be in their so they took me for auditions and they put a condition and that listen you’re going to act but you have to make sure that you also study, so it was always the frame of mind that I can’t really quit studying so that’s probably one of the biggest reasons why that I’m still studying. I’m in my B.A. 3rd year.
But I made it a point that none of my business or acting career gets affected. That’s probably one of the biggest
reasons because since I was a child, it kind of got stuck in my head that you can do it yourself and you know kids believe a lot in superpowers than we do but as a child I believed and then I continued believing in it.
It’s been fourteen years, I started acting when I was seven and I’m 21 now so yes technically.
So I denied using glycerine or any other substance to cry because I always thought that that’s not the way to it and that became like for me.
So it was when I was 16, I remember we were looking for my sixteenth birthday party location. We were really involved in it when I got a call from the production heads pretty late at night, we met them, and my parents were with me, and I auditioned and they liked it and we actually signed it in a day’s time, it was really quick but yeah Veera was my first major show, and I had just turned sixteen, so it was huge.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
We are super excited for your recently released Tamil bilingual movie “Hippi”! Give us some details about the project.
Ms. Digangana Suryavanshi:
Hippi is a film where the director and the producer, the basic team like the DOP, the designers are basically from the Tamil industry but it is director and the producer who wanted to do in Telugu, so it’s going to be big and exciting and it’s a very ambitious project. It’s a love story and it’s not something that I have done before in television or in films, it’s very fresh and it’s very young, it’s very today that’s what I can tell you and promise you it’s going to be a different one for me for sure and really looking forward to it, it’s also my first Telugu film.
I’ve just enjoyed the process so much because it’s a lovely script and I’ve enjoyed it thoroughly.
I mean I got the lines right and I have a lot of dialogues in the film and so you have to do a lot of lines. I remember doing about four or five days of workshop sitting down with the writer, associate director and director to get the lines right. I definitely always wanted to work with Thanu sir, Kabali as a film and of course Rajnikanth sir, it really stayed with me, I’m grateful that this happened! Krishna sir is a wonderful director, I remember him mention that he auditioned about 80-90 girls before my meeting with the team and I’m glad that he has been so confident about me and RD sir our dop makes the film, every single frame so beautiful!
And yeah so I’m very excited about my Telugu debut, it’s opposite Kartikeya, from RX 100, he was great to work with. I didn’t feel like for a moment that I probably don’t know their language or I don’t get them, we’ve shot in Hyderabad, Chennai, Sri Lanka. I still have schedule to go and it’s been great, it’s going to be out this summer.
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Ms. Namita Nayyar:
With long shooting hours, how do you squeeze in a workout session?
Ms. Digangana Suryavanshi:
I try to workout in my room more, if I get the time I go to the gym depends. I don’t like to over-exhaust myself because if you sometimes push yourself too much then it gets to a point where you’re actually causing a lot of damage to yourself instead of trying to help yourself.
If I am not working for long hours and working where I can accommodate workouts, I do make it a point that I workout for forty five minutes in the gym.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
The first meal of the day is like what? Foods that are an absolute no in your diet?
Ms. Digangana Suryavanshi:
I can’t do without food, I’m a pure vegetarian, not even eggs, so I get a lot of my protein from soya, peanut butter, I can have it anytime of the day but I have to tell myself to stop because I’ll otherwise gain weight. I don’t like sprouts but I eat it because my mum gives it to me.
Also dals and spinach. I actually like spinach so I try to make these combinations that I like in taste and are healthy but food is a must for me. My first meal is basically milk and nuts like almonds soaked overnight or a bowl of Muesli or something or peanut butter and bread. I try to keep a little bit of variations every day and have like a little bit of Indian things like poha, upma or something maybe just for taste purpose.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
Your skincare and hair care routine post shooting?
Ms. Digangana Suryavanshi:
Well there is actually not too much time for skincare and haircare routine after shooting, because I genuinely only want to just take off my makeup and finally go to sleep but I make sure to remove all the makeup off my face before I go to sleep, like absolutely clean. I take a shower in the night and sleep because I wake up with like fifteen- twenty minutes before so I wash my hair in the night.
I take a lot of care of my hair and comb them before I go to sleep and see to it that there are no knots since stufflike that damages your hair.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
Your everyday workout routine includes?
Ms. Digangana Suryavanshi:
I do like six variations. I do weight training basically so lunges, squats, leg extensions, sumo squats, deadlifts, that’s like my legs workouts and I try to do six variations, five sets each. I don’t like taking a lot of weight because I did it and ended up having a tear in my knee and I realized that I shouldn’t overdo things because they might just turn back into something that I wouldn’t want them to be.
I try to do my stomach workout almost every day even if I do a little because it helps.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
Your favourite activewear brands are?
Ms. Digangana Suryavanshi:
I like Nike, Adidas, everything, really anything would do as long as it fits me well.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
The #MeToo movement has struck us all at a global level and now more and more women are coming out to voice their stories in our country too. What is your take on this? As a child artist did you ever encounter an unpleasant experience?
Ms. Digangana Suryavanshi:
I didn’t have to face anything like this because I’ve always been around with my parents and have made it a point that they know what I’m doing, where i’m going, I’m where with. And I am not a party person you don’t see me around anywhere.
Well it’s sad that things like these exist but I feel like it’s not just in our industry, it can be anywhere in the world. We have had these conversations like this before as well but this movement did pick out stories and happenings from places we probably didn’t expect from but I’ve been pretty safe in my career and I think I’ve just kept away from things that I thought were getting finicky.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
After a long hard-working day, what do you target to relax? Stress -busting tips.
Ms. Digangana Suryavanshi:
I like good food after a hard working day and I like to chit chat with my parents and that’s the best feeling in the world. I like to speak to people that I care and love, more of personal life and just basically talk about things that’s not too relevant to what I’m doing at that moment so that it kind of takes my head into something and eventually relaxes me.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
5 things we’ll always find in your gym bag?
Ms. Digangana Suryavanshi:
Shoes, headphones, protein shakes, hand gloves and towel.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
With a massive following of over 968K followers on your Instagram account @diganganasuryavanshi, what do you love the most about these social media platforms?
Ms. Digangana Suryavanshi:
What I love about it is the fact that I can have a direct touch with people and know what they think and you know like just get an opportunity to feel light I mean I can directly interact with them and I can see their reactions right there on social media. It’s almost like a family like if there is something that I’m excited to tell and there are a lot of things that I’m excited about and I want to put on Instagram and more social media platforms because I feel like there are people who are willing to know and probably will be happy if I share my happiness with them and that is a really big deal.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
Lastly, one fitness goal that you aim to achieve in 2019?
Ms. Digangana Suryavanshi:
Well I do have a fitness goal for 2019 for sure because I feel like I want to put myself in a certain shape it’s in my head and I’m working towards it and hopefully believe that it would happen this year for sure it’s going to take sometime but this is the year.
I feel like if you set your mind to something, it definitely does happen, it might take some time but it does.
Everybody who loves me that is what matters the most because you can find everything but you can’t find people who genuinely wish the best for you so everybody even if one percent is that I feel grateful.
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