The VJ-host-actor is elated and on cloud nine as her web series Four More Shots Please! has been nominated in the International Emmy Awards 2020, under the best comedy series category.
“This is unbelievable. We can’t even get over the discussions. Such recognition does validate the contribution of everyone who worked on the show. Hopefully i’ll be taken more seriously as an actor. So I’m looking forward to what exactly changes around me,” she told Hindustan Times.
On being asked if she is drawn towards pivotal parts much like her character in Four More Shots Please! Bani says, ” The industry doesn’t understand where to place me. Abroad it’s different. They’ve actors, who’ve tattoos and are very fit as well. But in India there’s mind block. And there have been times when I got work based on my looks. So I hope they’ll be able to write roles for people like me, something that happened in case of Umang( in Four More Shots Please!)”
She recently took to her social media to express her happiness and wrote:
OH HI. We EMMY NOMINATED!!! @PrimeVideoIN @4moreshotspls @RangitaNandy @PritishNandy https://t.co/apvRCoWYW0
— Bani J⚡️ (@bani_j) September 24, 2020
Bani who plays a role of a bisexual woman in the web series is now hopeful that the industry will explore more of such roles. Talking about the same, she said, ” We’ll talk about inclusivity and all but that should translate everywhere and every field. No discrimination should be made in terms of body shapes and sizes, skin colour etc too.”
