Adah Sharma
Indian film actress known for 1920, Heart Attack, Commando and The Kerala Story
Adah Sharma (Indian film actress known for 1920, Heart Attack, Commando and The Kerala Story) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include The Kerala Story, Artificial intelligence in filmmaking, Handling rejection and criticism.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
The Kerala Story
Sharma objects to the public debate over the '32,000' figure, saying it reduced abused women to numbers.
“you're talking about women who are being raped and abused and this is how we talk counting them like uh Chickens, right?”
Tomorrow, Today: Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow Today (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:03:42
Sharma recounts that her phone number was leaked on a prostitution website the day before The Kerala Story released.
“My number got leaked on a prostitution website with my pictures and a raid card also on all the things that I would do with my number”
Tomorrow, Today: Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow Today (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:01:20
Sharma argues that a film looks like propaganda to those unwilling to hear the other side of a story.
“something will always look like it's propaganda for you if you don't want to hear that side of the story and you only want to hear your side”
Tomorrow, Today: Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow Today (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 59:13
Sharma maintains that The Kerala Story is not political but a human story about women's rights being taken away.
“for me it's a story it's a human story it's about feminism it's about women not having their rights”
Tomorrow, Today: Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow Today (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 57:25
Other remarks
Sharma says actors, particularly powerful male stars, can single-handedly ruin or uplift the atmosphere on a film set.
“if you're an actor and you're going to be foul-mouthed and scream on set, you can ruin the atmosphere single-handedly. I've seen it happen”
Tomorrow, Today: Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow Today (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 52:26
Sharma contends that when filmmakers reject an actor over appearance details like curly hair, the real reason is simply that they do not want that actor.
“The reason is not the curly hair. The reason is not the blue kurta. The reason is they don't want you there”
Tomorrow, Today: Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow Today (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 41:31
Sharma says she learned to act as a child by pretending to be ordinary so that classmates would accept her.
“So I decided to pretend and be mediocre then for everybody so that I can make a lot of friends then”
Tomorrow, Today: Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow Today (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 7:30
Artificial intelligence in filmmaking
Sharma disagrees, expressing faith that AI-generated performances are rapidly becoming more humanlike.
“It's not so robotic anymore. It's humanizing itself. I have my faith on it”
Tomorrow, Today: Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow Today (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:32:19
Sharma likens AI to fire, capable of either destruction or great benefit.
“I think AI is like fire and it can either like burn the whole forest down or it can be used to cook food”
Tomorrow, Today: Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow Today (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:21:46
Handling rejection and criticism
Sharma endorses not talking about problems, arguing that retelling them makes them worse.
“I just think talking about it just makes it just worse”
Tomorrow, Today: Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow Today (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:12:25
Sharma admits criticism affects her internally, though her recovery from rejection has shortened from 48 hours to minutes.
“an audition rejection would be upset for like... 48 hours then it became like 4 hours then like 4 minutes”
Tomorrow, Today: Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow Today (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:06:06
Technological unemployment
Sharma calls job losses among artists from AI heartbreaking but believes AI will take over regardless.
“such talented writers, artists, everyone who's actually created things from scratch have lost their jobs. So it's heartbreaking. It's terrible”
Tomorrow, Today: Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow Today (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:25:35
Nepotism in Bollywood
Sharma argues AI acts as an equalizer, letting outsiders without money or connections make films that compete with industry insiders.
“Now one person in a village with just that AI tool and his knowledge about it can make a movie that looks better than your movie”
Tomorrow, Today: Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow Today (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:22:58
Film censorship in India
Sharma says she expected the film to be banned but strong advance bookings forced theatres to keep shows despite threats.
“the advance bookings were so strong, they couldn't cancel the shows. So I think the audience decided ki dekhna hai”
Tomorrow, Today: Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow Today (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:24
Typecasting
Sharma argues that while actors are quickly typecast, one different role can just as quickly break the type.
“people do say you get typecast soon, but you also can get anti-typecast as soon as you do something different”
Tomorrow, Today: Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow Today (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 35:04
1920 (2008 film)
Sharma credits Vikram Bhatt for her performance in 1920, saying he wanted the possession played subtly and internally.
“He said the more internalized and the more subtle we keep it, the scarier it gets”
Tomorrow, Today: Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow Today (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 39:33
Appearances
Adah Sharma on The Kerala Story, Backlash, Threats & Handling Rejection | Shekhar Natarajan | Tomorrow TodayTomorrow, Today · Sep 22, 2026 · 1 h 34 min
Actress Adah Sharma tells Shekhar Natarajan about her upbringing, film career, the backlash around The Kerala Story, handling rejection, and AI in filmmaking.
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- Shekhar Natarajan · 1 shared episode