Taniya Chatterjee is an actress and influencer known for her bold presence on screen and online.
From web series like Gandii Baat and Class of 2020 to music videos and viral paparazzi moments, she has carved out a space for herself in the world of OTT entertainment.
In this interview, she talk about her journey so far and what it means to be labelled “bold.”
00:02Whoever will show the actress, whoever will be more viral,
00:05he will be able to get more project.
00:25I want everyone to call me as an actress
00:28Because in the first phase, I count myself as an actress and then social media sensation because I'm learning social media.
00:37Today, branding is very important, whatever you are doing.
00:41So as an actress, social media and influencing and whatever the like, you know, promoting a brand or branding your showing your social media, how you're looking.
00:50It's very important nowadays.
00:52So as an actress, when I moved to Mumbai, my first series was Ghandi Paa season 4, ALT.
00:58I understood what you see is what you see.
01:02So with that, I started my social media influencing.
01:05I'm not an influencer, but for my branding only, I'm flaunting my social media.
01:10So both are interrelated, both are very important.
01:13So what did I do from my childhood?
01:15Where I went from, I went over T-shirt, I had a restriction of family, everyone had a restriction of clubbing.
01:21So that's how it's continuing, the day I have shifted to Mumbai also.
01:32So girls are being judged in Mumbai everywhere.
01:35Society, what are you wearing in society and all.
01:37So it's our show business.
01:38So over T-shirt, I went over T-shirt and I opened it for a reason.
01:43Like the show business and all, I have to flaunt my way or style icon or something like that.
01:50So this is the reason why the girls are being judged by their society.
01:55Why do we wear T-shirt now?
01:58Why do we wear it?
02:00Why do we wear it?
02:01So this is my logic with the eye paps.
02:02People are so dumb to understand this logic rather than trolling me, they should clap for my intelligence.
02:32They should clap for me, that this girl has come out with a unique idea, they should not clap for me, they should troll on the top, so I don't care.
02:41May luck there and always judge me.
02:43If they are doing this, this will be the same thing.
02:46If they are doing this bold series, this will be the same thing in real life.
02:50This continues to be the same thing in my life.
02:52I am going to change my mind-set in my career.
02:58Because I have the responsibility of changing my mind-set.
03:03The way I am showing, the way I am speaking my words, the way they are going to react.
03:09Same way.
03:10And different things I want to try to do in front of the paps, I can't wear T-shirt now.
03:16I took a decision that if I have to wear T-shirt for some time, I am going to take the break.
03:22That's it.
03:22If people remember, I started my journey doing a Bengali movie.
03:27I was in class 9.
03:29I was too young.
03:30I was a child that time.
03:32So I did my Bengali movie as a lead actress, Baluka Bella.com in Calcutta.
03:38Everyone knows me over there.
03:40And then I started all the brands, big brands in Calcutta.
03:44And then I was thinking, the way I want to see myself, I have a vision to see myself, like where I want to reach, where I want to reach, where I want to reach.
03:52It was not in Calcutta.
03:54Too much politics and too much all this thing.
03:56Make her girlfriend, make her girlfriend, make her girlfriend, and then they will give you the chance.
04:02There is no weight.
04:03There is no patience, there is no weight.
04:05I am quite talented, so I can prove myself.
04:08So after that, I tried to try in Mumbai.
04:10And then I got a call for Alt Balaji, Dandipaar season 4.
04:19So I was quite looking hot and all this thing, so I just want to flaunt my acting through my hotness.
04:29That's it.
04:30So I accepted and shifted to Mumbai.
04:32My friends keep on sending me those memes and all this thing, even comments and all this thing.
04:37I feel very funny and I feel like I should be talking.
04:41Just keep talking.
04:42Whatever I am doing, I should be talking.
04:44Maybe it's good or bad.
04:45You just keep talking and talking, right?
04:49I am the center of the topic, center of the attraction.
04:51That's it.
04:52So I am happy about it.
04:54Hey, we have one funny comments that say that you have to make a dressing room, you have to make a trance room.
05:01If you always want to change it, by changing it, you get to put a t-shirt and
05:08then take it off and pull it off.
05:09And the second one, that's that I got to like t-shirts, my trend, which is true,
05:15I was doing it and it was malfunctioning
05:18So I don't know that people started telling me that
05:22I am doing knowledge and all
05:25So this is quite offensive
05:28This mind still exists, that hypocrite mind
05:32That it's okay to yourself
05:34And if someone is doing something like a celebrity
05:37They are doing attention gain or something like that
05:40No, for attention gain I was doing it
05:43I don't have to worry about controversy
05:45Honestly, if people give me a good comment
05:47I don't have to worry about it
05:49I worry about it when I get into comparison
05:52I have my own individuals
05:54I don't have to take it from someone
05:56I am individually
05:58And I am a alone lioness
06:01I mark myself as a alone lioness
06:06And I am going through my journey
06:08For my hard work, through my brain
06:11Whatever
06:13My intelligence, my tricks
06:15Whatever
06:16I am going through my academy
06:17Why do you compare me?
06:19So when it happens, I feel very bad
06:22I am coming to the meme page
06:24I am coming to the pack page
06:25I am coming to the other celebrities
06:27I am saying, don't compare anyone with anyone
06:30Everyone has their own individual journey
06:34I am not saying, don't speak self-ego
06:36I am not saying, but I am not saying self-respect
06:38I am not saying self-respect
06:39So if someone is saying something
06:42Or if I am not saying anything
06:44Or if I am listening
06:45Or if I am not saying
06:46Or if I am saying
06:47Then my self-ego, self-esteem
06:48And I have to maintain self-esteem
06:49So I am maintaining distance
06:50In the reception
06:51I taught myself that
06:52I am going to be understanding
06:53And I am going to take people
06:54And I am going to take people
06:55With each other
06:56And I can't be queen
06:58With each other
06:59You make people
07:00Around me
07:02So I am queen
07:03And I have friends
07:04Around me
07:05This is a lot of people
07:06You find a lot of people
07:07From there
07:08And at the beginning
07:09They are a lot of people
07:10Guys
07:11Because you have to go through
07:13This, those steps
07:15Those steps
07:16You have to go through
07:18So I have seen
07:19Lot of people
07:20Like that
07:21You know
07:22And I got down
07:24For a lot of people
07:25What are you doing? What will happen?
07:27You've done a series, you've done bold,
07:29and you'll be able to typecast it.
07:31You'll be able to fulfill your dreams.
07:34I got a lot of people with mental breakdowns.
07:38So I gave the answer.
07:40But at some point in time, I thought,
07:43what are you saying? What are you saying?
07:45Am I seriously taking on wrong steps or something?
07:48Then I walked to my mom.
07:50My mom is the strongest woman in the world.
07:53My mom told me to listen to me.
07:56And stick to your own thing.
07:58And just pursue your dream. That's it.
08:01If you listen to those people,
08:03cut them off.
08:05I have shifted to Mumbai.
08:06I set my mind.
08:07I want to pursue my acting career in Mumbai.
08:10And it was just 1 year old.
08:12And that time I got a call.
08:14After I set up,
08:16how to do it,
08:18how to go,
08:19how to grow.
08:21And then I got a call.
08:23I lost my dad.
08:24And then,
08:25I was like,
08:26how can I do it?
08:28How can I do it?
08:30Then my mom gave me the strength.
08:33I had a friend.
08:34That,
08:35whoever left the house,
08:36who left the house,
08:37who left the house,
08:39who left the house to go to Mumbai,
08:40the one who left.
08:41Then who will live with me?
08:43Who will live with me?
08:45Who will live with you?
08:46Papa is there.
08:47Papa's blessing is there.
08:48But you pursue your dream.
08:50So my mom's, you know, like, strongest woman.
08:54Of course, again, I will say, what I see, what I see, what I see.
08:58I was doing my work.
08:5920 to 25 series I did, bowl series, as a lead actress.
09:04Even there's Z5, there's ALT, there's a lot of apps.
09:08But who will reach people in front of the audience?
09:10They do that.
09:13And I started my train, I started my t-shirt and all.
09:18This is my unique idea.
09:19This is my trick to get viral, to be very honest.
09:25All of the normal dress fans come to me, but who will reach the t-shirt and reveal their dress?
09:32So that's a unique idea, I came out with this and I thought that they're doing for social media.
09:38And it got viral.
09:39When the video is viral, everyone comes to profile, who is this?
09:44They should know about me, that I am an actress.
09:48She's acting, she's serious, she's doing her acting career, and she's doing fun for social media.
09:54Everything, whatever she's doing, just to chase or to achieve her dreams.
10:02That's it.
10:03I want to tell you about anxiety, people won't talk about the anxiety, anxiety thing and all.
10:09People think that if I tell you about anxiety and all, they are going to take me in a dumb way or something like that, or they are going to take my advantage.
10:20People think that if I tell you about anxiety or anything, they will take my advantage.
10:32Don't do it.
10:34You are going to take your advantage.
10:34But choose your people.
10:36Who wants to cry, who wants to share, who wants to share.
10:40So, you know like that.
10:42Choose people wisely.
10:44As an actress, I want to explore every genre.
10:47Every genre.
10:48Every genre.
10:49Every genre.
10:50Just like in bold, I made my mark.
10:52People, like I'm getting famous, people are giving me fame.
10:55I like it.
10:56I like it, obviously.
10:57But if I watch long term, obviously I want to try different genre.
11:01I will try it.
11:02I will kill it, obviously.
11:04But one thing I want to say is that I am in bold, glamorous, semi-bold, in this content.
11:11I have recently done a Hindi movie where I have no bold, aftar or anything.
11:16Not even a bikini scene.
11:18Bikini scenes too.
11:20I have done a Hindi movie with Zubair Khan.
11:23So, no, not bold, just a glamorous aftar.
11:28So, people are trying me, people are calling me for different things.
11:31You are getting roles?
11:32Yeah, yeah.
11:33I would like to see that this flow will increase for Amazon Prime, Jio, family shows too.
11:41So, I am wanting this thing.
11:43Because I am a strong actress.
11:45I have to say this.
11:46Look at all my series.
11:47Bold things.
11:48Bold scenes.
11:49Bold scenes.
11:50If you have no strong acting, then I will change my name.
11:56Look at it.
11:57Bold scenes.
11:58This is why people got connected with me so much.
12:00Through my acting performance.
12:01People are saying, hey baby, what will your scene come from here?
12:04What will your acting come from here?
12:05To me, bold is like the way, whatever the way you want, you can do it.
12:11If it is your performance, dance, or wearing clothes.
