Sonakshi Sinha Reveals She Will Not Join Dad Shatrughan In Politics: 'Don't Have The Aptitude For It'

Sonakshi Sinha has revealed that she is not interested in joining politics, unlike her actor-turned-politician father Shatrughan Sinha. In a recent interview with Raj Shamani, Sonakshi was asked about her plans to join politics when she joked, “No, fir vahan bhi tum nepotism nepotism karoge.”

The 36-year-old actress further explained that one has to be a “people’s person” to join politics but contrary to this, she is a very private person. She also admitted that she lacks “aptitude” to be a politician and therefore, there is no point in joining a political party just for the sake of doing it.

“All jokes aside, I don’t think I would because I’ve seen my dad do it. I don’t think I have the aptitude for it. My dad is a very people’s person. I am a very private person, and you’ve to be a people’s person, you’ve to be there for them and this could be anyone strangers from every part of the country, and I’ve seen my dad do that, so I don’t think I have that in me,” Sonakshi added.

Meanwhile, on the work front, Sonakshi Sinha is currently enjoying the success of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. In Bhansali’s OTT debut, Sinha played the role of Fareedan, who is formidable, shrewd and sardonic. She essays the role of the daughter of Mallikajaan’s elder sister, who had a catastrophic end. She’s a doppleganger of her mother and poses the biggest threat to Mallikajaan, who worries that this new Heeramandi entrant will raze her to the ground. Her only ambition is to avenge the injustice meted out to her mother and is single-handedly fighting the battle.

Besides Sonakshi, Heeramandi also stars Manisha Koirala, Richa Chadha, Sanjeeda Shaikh, Aditi Rao Hydari, Sharmin Segal Mehta, Farida Jalal, Shekhar Suman, Fardeen Khan and Adhyayan Suman in key roles. It explores the various aspects of a woman’s trials and tribulations.

News18 Showsha’s review of Heeramandi reads, “With Heeramandi, Sanjay Leela Bhansali creates a world that’s exquisite and is rich and vibrant in its culture and texture. Inhabiting this realm are some characters that are as unapologetic, complex and imperfect as a human can be. Here, the women call their own shots and is unafraid of what the civil society might think of them. They’re pitted against each other, sometimes one even wishing for and conspiring against another’s downfall and shattering their self-worth, pride and ego. They can tear apart and even love like tigresses. And when the right time comes, they don’t bat an eyelid before fiercely protecting one another. Despite deep and dark ambition plaguing their hearts, they’ve their conscience clear.”