Talking about growing more fearless than she was probably 10 years back and that pushing her character choices, she says, “No, not at all. I have become more fearless in life, but I always took up really interesting characters. I think there was some amount of fearlessness always present in me. Fresh out of college, I first took up ‘Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye’. When I did this movie everyone told me that it was only the role of the heroine’s sister and that it is a very loud role. But I saw the intent behind that character and understood the intellect of the film and I loved working on that role. It was a small role but it was so much fun working on it, and I am so grateful to people that they still remember the dialogues from that film. Then ‘Gangs Of Wasseypur’ was my most fearless choice ever because it was playing the role of a mother to Nawazuddin Siddiqui who himself was no spring chicken and being paired with Manoj Bajpayee, whom I first saw when I was in class 5. So, I really think that it was a very fearless decision and I think it proved to be a double treat for me as because of it, people got to know me and my caliber. Most people rejected me for any film, even remotely normal, forget glamorous roles after that. Some risks have paid off but have also caused some amount of damage. Even for ‘Madam Chief Minister’, the film did well on Netflix eventually but I gained a whole bunch of weight for it, I had odd hair, I had to learn to ride a bike. It was an experimental role for me. I had to look like a boy. The first time the financers of the film came, they came expecting to meet Richa Chaddha and I was sitting there next to them and they did not recognise me. I have always taken these risks because I feel that I am young and if I don’t take these risks now then options keep getting lesser and lesser. I am really happy with the work that I do.”