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| Elli Avram |
Actress Elli Avram, who is from Stockholm, Sweden, says with
time more foreigners are being accepted in Bollywood and getting better roles.
The Swedish-Greek actress, who worked in films like "Kis Kisko Pyaar
Karoon", "Mickey Virus" and "Malang", says many people
around the world "die" to be part of Bollywood. "I'm so glad
seeing other foreigners doing so well and getting so much of love and
appreciation in the Indian film industry. Bollywood is something so many people
around the world love and die for, literally! I'm one of them," she told
IANS.
The actress says she always wanted to be part of Bollywood.
"I just fell in love with its cinema since my childhood and I always
looked for that one foreigner actress who could inspire me and give me hope,
since I dreamt so hard of working in Bollywood, despite not being Indian. And
I'll never forget when I watched 'Love Aaj Kal', and there was a Brazilian girl
who played an Indian character (refers to Giselli Monteiro in the 2009
release). As I walked out of the cinema in Stockholm, I just said to myself,
'if she can do it, then so can I'," she says.
The actress says the film industry has changed a lot since
she became part of it. "From the day I entered Bollywood till now, things
have opened up and changed quite a bit. I've got many offers where I sometimes
have had to choose which one to do, due to dates clashing. When that happens, I
feel a lot of gratitude because it tells me your hard work and talent pay off
in the end," she says. "I've got something new I'm excited about,
work-wise. Apart from that, I'm currently questioning a lot of things and
working on my personal growth as a human being. I'm not scared about surviving
in this industry, I'd say I'm more scared about how to survive as a free human
being in this world," she says.
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