Amanpreet Karnawal has received praise across media channels for being a fantastic performer and a multifaceted individual. Here is the transcript of her conversation with Tycoon Global Magazines.
Q: You have also walked runways. Would like to know more about it. How has it shaped your persona?
Runway makes a person confident, strong and responsible. This is one thing that I firmly believe in and have experienced. Since adulthood, glamour has been the state of my mind hence runway was one of the milestones that I had aimed for. I’ve witnessed my own journey of transformation from being a nobody from a small town called Shri Ganganagar in Rajasthan to being an Elite Ms India Earth, 2015. The grinds of the profession and the pressure shaped me up in a way in being focused, and dedicated; helped me develop a ‘never give up attitude’ and all this while my motivation was the runway. It is thrilling to walk on the runway and look into the eyes of the people. It taught me to always keep my head high even in my not- so-good times.
Q: You work out and take care of your health. How has your fitness evolved throughout these years?
“You can either suffer the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.” I come from an army family, hence discipline and fitness have been inculcated in me since childhood. I believe a healthy and fit body is a way to a healthy and focused mind which helps you in achieving the goal of your life. For me, fitness is something that keeps me alive. I started working out at the age of 14-15, and I remember my father used to make me run every morning, and I used to play volleyball and found it as a way to rejuvenate myself. Slowly I started workouts in the gym and even during the pandemic, I never left my fitness regime for a miss. I used to do skipping, and yoga to keep myself physically and mentally fit. It’s been nine years; I’ve never missed my workout. I am a person whom you will see in perfect shape, 365 days a year.
Q: You recently featured in a music video, how has the experience been? Well, the experience was good, in fact, ‘awesome’ as this opportunity knocked on my door post-Covid when everybody re- started living freely. For me, it was a chance to relive my life as an actor after a forced time-out of almost a year. The song, when released, got me so many positive and beautiful comments and reviews from so many people and that made me actually feel alive and pepped me up.It was a romantic song and romance has been a flavour of all seasons.
Q: What about your upcoming projects?
Perseverance always pays and God too never fails those who are perseverant. You will soon see me in an International song and a song based on a poem of Late Shri Shiv Kumar Batalvi Ji with a known singer and an actor. I have finished shooting the International song, and it is in post-production at the moment. Babaji blessed me with these two things which will always be close to my heart. I look at this as a milestone in my career and life that I have achieved. Other than this I have finished shooting two digital ads for a leading home furnishing brand and two ads for an IT-based app, and soon you will see the ads in the digital space. I have a few more digital ads lined up back-to-back for domestic brands and one for an international German-based healthcare company. Other than the ads, two more acting-based projects i.e. a web film for a leading OTT and a web series, are on the cards. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Q: What is your favourite flavour in acting?
I feel acting gives us a chance to play many shades of a human as well as live many lives in one. I enjoy every role that touches my heart. I am effortless when it comes to glamour and playing a semi-rural woman with a comical touch. Negative shade is something I am confident of essaying very well and I am sure, I will leave people surprised
