'I wanted to be the next Steffi Graf'
Had actor Priya Wal ('Remix' and 'CID') continued playing tennis, perhaps the nation would have got another glamorous player after Sania Mirza.
Priya was a national level tennis player when she left her childhood passion to pursue modelling and later acting.
"I wanted to be the next Steffi Graf. I used to play in school and then in college. I was really passionate about the game." She continues, "However, tennis wasn't as big then as it is now, thanks to Sania Mirza. I thought the game wouldn't sustain me. It was tough to survive. I thought of being in a profession where I could enjoy benefits and money. That's when modelling happened in Delhi."
Priya has not looked back since then. Later she was offered the show 'Remix'.
"Its popularity made my parents proud. I realised that what I was doing was right," says Priya.
The actor is currently part of 'CID' (Sony), where she plays a forensic doctor.
"I am keen to do films too. But I would like to work in alternate cinema. Similarly, on television, I don't think I can carry off traditional bahu roles. I might be uncomfortable," says Priya who is also a finalist for the nationwide Guess Faces to Watch contest.
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