Anushka Sharma describes her favourite scene from 'Paatal Lok', says 'Jaideep Ahlawat is an institution in himself'

On the work front, Anushka will return as a producer on Bulbul, which will release on Netflix next month.

Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma is currently enjoying the success of the latest television series produced by her titled Paatal Lok on Amazon Prime Video. In a recent interview with Rajeev Masand, the actress opened up about the success of the show and how she has been coping with a two-year break from acting.

Talking about what drew her to the project, Anushka said, "What stood out to me was the idea that how we as humans often fail humanity at large, how for our own personal gains and power we can oppress people and somehow that is okay." Anushka also praised creator Sudip Sharma for his "genuinely unprecedented writing," and said, "Sudip Sharma is one of the best writers in the country. He has the ability to say something so complex in such an economical way. I’m always in love with Sudip’s writing. I love the performances. They’ve been unbelievable. Jaideep Ahlawat is an institution in himself."

Describing her favourite scene from the show, Anushka said that the scene in which Jaideep's Inspector Hathi Ram Chaudhary unleashes a barrage of Haryanvi abuses at a local goon, and wins the respect of his son, only to get a tight slap from his wife moments later, is the one she loves the most. Anushka also spoke about the failure of Zero in 2018 and her break from films after and said, "I’ve been working on not letting things affect me. Today Paatal Lok has done really well, but I’m not thinking that my worth has increased. When Zero happened, I don’t want to put myself through that, it’s extremely unhealthy... I’ve always been very introspective."

She added, "Acting is my first love. There were things that I wanted to do and I am going to do, but I reached a place in my life where I don’t want to sign films just to do something. You don’t have to do films to be relevant, you have to do relevant films. For creative people to take breaks is extremely important. After Zero I genuinely wanted to take a break." On the work front, Anushka will return as a producer on Bulbul, which will release on Netflix next month.