Sara Ali Khan has had one of the strongest starts in Bollywood with her natural performance in Abhishek Kapoor's Kedarnath, which marked her acting debut in the film industry. However, the actress was brutally trolled for her performances in Love Aaj Kal (2020) and Coolie No. 1 (2020). Both the films did not do well and Sara's performance was at target.
Now, Sara has said that was aware her performances in both films were lacking. She shared that she was 'horrible' in Love Aaj Kal and 'not convincing' in Coolie No. 1. In an interview with Ranveer Allahbadia on his podcast The Ranveer Show, Sara said, "My performance in Love Aaj Kal was really horrible. Like, I was not convincing in Coolie. I think that I'm aware of that. I am aware of the fact that... see it's also an expectation game, after Kedarnath and Simmba, me, my mother [Amrita Singh], my brother [Ibrahim Ali Khan], audiences, everybody had a certain expectation because I was decent in these films. I did come out suddenly and it was like, 'Oh my god, Sara!' And then I gave you two back to back films where you're like, 'Really Sara?'"
Love how she pulls no punches when talking about her performance in LAK and Coolie, and also how it also brought some fakeness into her.
Missed this authentic Sara! #SaraAliKhan pic.twitter.com/6f2FAPudDd
— (@Tzama98) March 4, 2023
She added, "I think I lost sense of reality and I started doing things I wasn't fully convinced about. I think there was an element of fakeness to me during that time. And I'm not formally trained as an actor. I'm not a manicured person at all and what that does is, it leaves me very susceptible and only dependent on instinct. So if I myself am going to pollute that instinct with fakeness then I'm really left with nothing."
On the work front, Sara was last seen in her 2021 film Atrangi Re.