Actress Manisha Koirala once opened up about friendships among female actors during her appearance on the popular chat show Rendezvous with Simi Garewal, sharing her thoughts on why actresses may find it harder to form close bonds with one another.
During her conversation with host Simi Garewal, Manisha observed that male actors appeared more comfortable spending time together, while friendships among actresses seemed less common.
She attributed the difference largely to insecurity rather than competition.
“I wonder why there aren’t. I mean, I don’t know how far the actors are with real friends, but I see them, they hang out together and gel out. More comfortable they are with each other than actresses are,” Manisha had said.
“I don’t understand this high level of insecurities or competition, as they might put it. It’s not competition; I think it’s just insecurity,” she added.
When Simi asked whether the relatively shorter career span traditionally associated with actresses contributed to this insecurity, Manisha agreed. She suggested that actresses often felt the need to accomplish more within a limited period.
The Dil Se.. actress also revealed that she had more male friends than female friends. Explaining her comfort level with men, she said, “I’m one of the boys with them.”
Manisha has enjoyed a long and acclaimed career spanning Hindi, Tamil and Nepali cinema. She made her acting debut with the Nepali film Pheri Bhetaula in 1989 before entering Bollywood with Subhash Ghai’s Saudagar in 1991.
Her breakthrough came with Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s 1942: A Love Story in 1994, in which she starred opposite Anil Kapoor. She subsequently featured in several acclaimed and commercially successful films, including Bombay (1995), Agni Sakshi (1996), Indian (1996), Gupt (1997), Mudhalvan (1999) and Company (2002).