TV actress Helly Shah is excited about her recent trip to Cannes. Helly’s film Kaya Palat’s poster was unveiled at the Cannes Film festival and the actress shares how it was a dream come true for her to be there amongst top Indian and international stars. She says, “I am thankful to the maker Rahat Kazmi because of whom I was able to go to Cannes. I was a bit nervous initially, but once I reached there, I wasn’t nervous at all. Everything was perfect and the experience was gratifying. I met so many different people on this global platform.”
Talking about her outfits at Cannes, she says, “I personally feel that what you wear doesn’t matter as much as how you feel after wearing an outfit. When you wear a particular outfit, you have to carry it off well, with confidence and make it your own.”
The actress, however, shares her disappointment about Indian designers refusing to design outfits for her. She says, “My manager approached a lot of designers when we started planning the Cannes trip. And when the time came, no one agreed to give me their outfits except a few designers. That is when we decided to approach international designers. I would have loved to wear Indian designers’ outfits at Cannes, that would have been a great feeling. But it didn’t turn out that way.”
Helly, who has done TV shows like Swaragini, Sufiyana Pyaar Mera and Ishq Mein Marjawan, also confesses that TV actors are not considered at par with Bollywood actors by makers. She says, “I have faced issues many times, but I have never spoken about it. There is a ‘TV tag’ given to us. When I go for film auditions, they look at my resume and say, ‘Arre you have done so much TV’ as if it is not something good. This can be demotivating. I guess there is a long way to go before everyone is treated equally.”