India, Sept. 4 -- Actor Shweta Tripathi is returning to the big screen after a while with the Mirzapur film spinoff. Ahead of the film's release, the actor spoke to Hindustan Times about life as an actor in the public eye and the qualities she has imbibed from her Mirzapur character Golu to help her as a public figure.

Shweta's acting journey has been amid increased focus and attention on actors' personal lives and what they say. The proliferation of TV and digital media has meant that their words reach the masses more fiercely, and sometimes in a distorted manner. Shweta says, "While talking to the media, it is like aap bhai kya cheez bolte ho, uska kya nikal aa jaata hai (you say one thing and another is reported). We are living in a w...