Anuritta Jha on battling challenges, low phase post Gangs of Wasseypur: ‘Was emotionally lost, financially broke and physically ill’

In 2012, after being a successful model for a long time, Anuritta Jha first tasted what it feels like to be an actor with her winning performance as Shama Parveen in filmmaker Anurag Kashyap’s two-part series Gangs of Wasseypur. She remembers being on cloud nine when reviews started pouring in and people started appreciating her. The Bihar-born actor thought work would naturally follow. It didn’t.

“I came to this city as a child, not knowing what to do. Now I have an identity of my own, but it has been really tough. I have seen good days, and bad days as well. The best is yet to come, but the journey has been tough,” Anuritta tells indianexpress.com as she opens up about her career.

The actor made her debut with Gangs of Wasseypur and went on to star in the National Award winning Maithili film Mithila Makhaan and Jugni, both in 2016. In the last three years, Anuritta has done a lot more work than the first phase of her career, featuring in Prakash Jha’s Aashram, Disney Plus Hotstar series PariWar, actor R Madhavan’s directorial debut Rocketry: The Nambi Effect and Imtiaz Ali’s production, Thai Massage. She is currently seen on Asur 2.

But post Gangs of Wasseypur and before she found a new lease of professional life, Anuritta fills in the gaps of what happened in her career and personal life in those crucial years, where she battled feeling lost, a family tragedy, relationship setbacks and how she ultimately found her groove again.