'We Should Also Sit At Home Like Akshaye Khanna': Neha Dhupia On Feeling ‘Anxiety’ When Out Of Work

Neha Dhupia has recently been in the headlines after she appeared in Single Papa and Perfect Family. The actress has been receiving a lot of praise for her roles in these shows. Recently, Neha Dhupia spoke

about a phase in her career when she was unable to get any work for three to four straight years and discussed how she tackled anxiety during that phase.

Neha, while speaking to Bollywood Hungama, shared, “I do get anxiety when I’m not working. Even after 20 years in the industry, when the lights are out, I do put my head into a pillow and cry. I did it three days ago. Do I have my reasons? Yes. Is anybody listening? I don’t know. I don’t want to make a sob story about this because I love the business of movies. I feel it won’t let me down,” Neha continued.

Neha, while talking about how actors are often asked to have a thick skin, shared, “It gets very tough. It is advocated to be thick-skinned, but everything matters. The part that matters the most is that when you are not working, everybody around you is working. You see life pass by. The only difference between me and a newcomer is that I know how to get past these things; I have been anxious so many times.”

“I get so tired when there are no acting jobs for 3–4 years, but by the grace of God, I am never out of work because I do so many things. It is an exhausting but rewarding business,” she continued.

While talking about Akshaye Khanna, the actress shared that she often gets inspired by his career trajectory and being careful about what you select to be a part of, and added, “The conversion has to be there. If my work in the latest two shows doesn’t convert into anything, then there is no point. Does work lead to good work? I don’t know sometimes… then you see the trajectory of Akshaye Khanna and then you think, Hum bhi 6 saal ghar hi baith jate hain (We should also sit at home for 6 years). It is just hoping that work will lead to work.”

Neha Dhupia’s Personal Life

Neha got married to actor Angad Bedi, the son of former Indian cricket captain Bishan Singh Bedi, in a private ceremony on 10 May 2018. On 18 November 2018, the couple welcomed their first child, a baby girl. Three years later, on 3 October 2021, they became parents for the second time to a baby boy.