Actress Nia Sharma who was recently seen in the Weekend Ka Vaar episode of Bigg Boss 15 is garnering a lot of love and appreciation for her new song ‘Phoonkh Le’. In a recent interview with ETimes TV, the actress talked about the amount of hard work she has put into the song.
She shared, “I’ve never done a song or an item number like this ever before. I am not a pro when it comes to dancing, I don’t have a dancing background. There was so much pressure on me as it was an original song and the makers were rooting for me. I was very nervous so I just started working hard on the song. I started cycling more, working out more, I stopped eating. I started rehearsing for 3 hours when I was asked to do only for 1 hour. I was nervous, under pressure because I did not know if I’ll be able to pull off such a song.”
Nia also talked about her favorite actresses who have done successful item songs in Bollywood, Nia said, “In our country, we have seen some of the best item songs by women. Be it Katrina Kaif, Malaika Arora, Urmila Matondkar, and when I was offered this I didn’t want to be mediocre. I’ve given my sweat for the song and done my best. I loved myself in the song.”
When asked about her prep for the song, Nia said, “I just didn’t diet, I would like to tell you, I had stopped eating to look fit for the song. It’s my working style, if I take up something challenging, I go all out. I wanted to look fit and do full justice to the song and the outfit they had given me where I’d have to flaunt my flat belly. I remember eating only Quinoa and very little food for seven days. There were times when I would faint also during rehearsals but I did not give up, I just went all out and I am very happy with the outcome of the song. From workout, cycling I did everything so that I do full justice to the project. In fact, I also had a fever for a day while shooting because of the exertion but I wanted the song to come out nicely.”
The actress also talked about her meltdown phase which she faced before shooting the song, “The nervousness is on another level when I am doing a project as people have a lot of expectations from me when it comes to looks or experimenting with my looks. I got psyched out and I had a meltdown and I cried also before the song because I had a feeling that I will not be able to do anything, will I look nice so there was much tension in my mind. I had many meltdown moments when I finally did this song. I had jitters, shivers and I’ve gone through all those phases,” she concluded.