Palak Tiwari opens up about her show Lukkhe, dealing with failure and success, and her mom Shweta Tiwari’s protective nature.
Palak Tiwari is the daughter of TV star Shweta Tiwari.
Palak Tiwari on Shweta Tiwari’s protective nature
Palak admits that she has a very small body of work for people to judge her for now. And mom Shweta almost always praises her. “She is my mom. So she can’t go, ‘you suck!’ She is a mother at the end of the day. Recently, she has been happy,” she says with a laugh.
The actor admits that there are times when Shweta does get critical, but about things other than work. However, she cannot tolerate if someone else badmouths Palak, particularly on social media. “She has been incredibly supportive throughout. Before an actor, she is a mom. She can say whatever about me, but koi aur bol de toh (if anyone says anything), she’ll fight. I have to physically stop her from saying, ‘Mom, you can’t reply to every comment. Stop it!’”
Palak Tiwari on dealing with ups and downs
The only two films that Palak has starred in – Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan and The Bhootnii – failed at the box office. The former, her screen debut, was a particularly big disappointment as it was led by Salman Khan. However, Palak says that she is not affected too much by the highs and lows of life. “I live in a constant state of equilibrium,” she says, “There is no high and no low. Nothing makes me feel giddy. I feel satiated. I just keep myself moderated at all times.”
But Palak clarifies that it doesn’t mean she does not care about things. “I am not a reactive person at all. That doesn’t mean I don’t feel things. I feel things greatly, but I don’t let myself waver that much,” she adds.
Lukkhe, her OTT debut and most recent work, began streaming on Prime Video last week. The show, which chronicles the rivalry and battle of two rappers in Punjab, stars Palak as a musician recovering from drug addiction. The show also stars rapper King, Raashi Khanna, Shivankit Singh Parihar, and Lakshvir Singh Saran.
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More
