National award-winning actress Kalki Koechlin, who is known for voicing her opinions without mincing words, says her upbringing and cultural consciousness helped her to become an opinionated person.
Asked about her driving force on taking stands on social issues, Koechlin said: “I think my upbringing helped me to find my voice and opinion on things, developed a certain kind of sensibility. I have grown up in a very open cultural environment. Since I was born into a French-South Indian family and grew up in Auroville ashram, the environment was very inclusive. I am not religious but quite spiritual.”
“Then I went to a boarding school in Ooty from the age of six to 18, so again, mingling with others, living together, going out for trekking on weekends, learning surviving skills — our childhood was different. I think that environment also helped me to develop mental strength, empathy for others, a starting for what is right,” she added.
Koechlin will soon be seen in Ribbon where she is playing a young mother of a newborn baby girl.
