Bollywood actor Kalki Koechlin said that she has received some of the ‘strangest pieces of advice’ in her career till now.

Koechlin, who made her Hindi film debut with Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Dev D’ in 2009, has emerged as one of the most celebrated actors in the country, with critically acclaimed performances in films like ‘Shaitaan’, ‘Margarita, With A Straw’, ‘Waiting’ and ‘Gully Boy’.

In an interview with PTI over Zoom, the 36-year-old actor reportedly said she doesn’t let others decide her course of work.

“People have advised me strange things. Like ‘dye your hair black, do an item number, don’t intimidate the audience with your acting’. It’s not like I don’t want to do commercial films, I’d love to do a romantic-comedy, a fun film. “It’s a mixture of what comes my way and what I want to do. I then pick something which I can relate to in some way, do a good job and justice to a role,” she said, as per PTI reports.

Admitting that she often does ‘feel insecure’, Koechlin said that having been in the film industry this long, she understands that ‘neither success nor failure’ is permanent.

“There are times when three of your films release in one year and then there’s no work for a year at all. Then I have to write my own stuff, do a play. I’ve had enough experience in life to know that the ups and downs keep coming. You have to keep doing your thing,” she added.

The actor will next be seen in Netflix’s upcoming Tamil anthology “Paava Kadhaigal”. 

Exploring how notions love, pride and honour shape relationships, the film features four shorts, directed by Vignesh Shivan, Sudha Kongara, Gautham Vasudev Menon and Vetri Maaran.

Koechlin features in Shivan’s short, titled, ‘Love Panna Uttranum’. Chronicling the story of a political leader’s daughter who falls in love with someone outside her caste, it also stars Anjali and Padam Kumar.