EXCLUSIVE: Anupamaa Fame Adrija Roy Opens Up On Emotional Boundaries And Being Human; Says, “Our Characters Can Go Through Hell But…”

For viewers, Anupamaa actor Adrija Roy’s performances often look effortless — the breakdowns, the silences, the simmering anger, the quiet dignity she brings to her characters. But behind that emotional honesty lies a complex inner process that she rarely speaks about. This time, she opens up about what it truly takes to portray difficult emotions while still protecting the parts of herself that don’t belong to the camera.

Adrija Roy Opens Up On Emotional Boundaries And Being Human

“Helplessness is the one emotion I struggle with the most,” she says, taking a thoughtful pause. “Crying on screen is still manageable, anger can be channelled, and grief can be controlled. But helplessness… that feeling that you cannot change anything, no matter how much you want to—that hits too close. It shakes me even as a person, so revisiting it for a scene is always emotionally taxing. It almost feels like I’m dragging a part of my real fear into the frame.”

As an actor, she often finds herself navigating that tricky intersection where personal memories and fictional emotions begin to blur. And that’s where she relies heavily on a boundary she has built over time. “When a script demands an emotion connected to something I have experienced, I allow myself to borrow only a little from my real life. Enough to keep it honest, but not enough to drown me. I’ve trained myself to remember that it is the character going through it, not Adrija. That small reminder becomes a protective wall. It doesn’t detach me emotionally—but it keeps me grounded.”

Yet, despite these carefully constructed boundaries, there have been days when the intensity of a scene surprised even her.

She admits softly, “There were moments when the emotion suddenly became too real. Maybe it was the atmosphere on set, maybe the scene reminded me of something buried, and suddenly my voice would break in a way even I wasn’t ready for. In such moments, I had to step out, take a minute, breathe, cry privately if I needed to, and then return. It’s easy to forget that actors are also just humans reacting to memories, energy, and pain. Our hearts don’t understand ‘cut’ and ‘action’ the way the camera does.”

Among all the emotional shades she has performed — grief, anger, heartbreak, frustration — there is one that exposes her the most.

“Vulnerability. Not the crying kind, but the quiet vulnerability where a character breaks down without making noise,” she explains. “Those scenes force me to confront parts of myself I don’t usually visit. You have to open the door to the fragile version of yourself, the one you protect in everyday life. That is scarier than screaming or crying.”

As someone who has learned to sustain long working hours without getting emotionally consumed, Adrija believes that actors must walk a carefully balanced line.

“Some people say you should pour everything personal into your performance, but I don’t think that is sustainable,” she says with mature clarity. “An actor should feel deeply, but also know when to step back. If you keep touching wounds that haven’t healed, it will take a toll on you. Emotional burnout is real in our profession.”

So how does she manage the balance between honesty and self-protection?

“I have a small ritual,” she smiles. “After a heavy scene, I do something that brings me back to myself—sometimes I laugh with the team, sometimes I listen to music, sometimes I just sit alone for two minutes. It’s like emotionally washing my hands. Our characters can go through hell, but we don’t have to stay there with them.”

In an industry where emotions are currency, Adrija Roy’s understanding of her own inner world becomes her greatest strength. She performs with depth, but also with responsibility—towards her craft and towards her own emotional health.

And perhaps that balance is exactly what makes her performances resonate so deeply with audiences: they are honest, but never self-destructive; raw, but never reckless.

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Manisha Karki

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