{"id":672536,"date":"2026-05-16T03:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T03:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/672536\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T03:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T03:00:10","slug":"sonakshi-sinha-says-overworking-in-her-20s-led-her-to-almost-burning-out-i-would-take-no-breaks-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/672536\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonakshi Sinha says overworking in her 20s led her to almost ‘burning out’: I would take no breaks | Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actor Sonakshi Sinha began working in her early 20sand found immediate success with her debut film, Dabangg. She saw a bunch of hits over the next few years, establishing herself as a prolific actor. But now, reflecting on that phase of her career, Sonakshi says she was overworking herself, almost to the brink of exhaustion.<\/p>\n

\"SonakshiSonakshi Sinha plays a lawyer in her upcoming film, System.Sonakshi Sinha on overworking in her 20s<\/p>\n

In 10 years, from her debut to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sonakshi starred in 23 films and had special appearances or dance numbers in eight more. Talking to Hindustan Times about that phase, she says, \u201cI started working very young. I was 22 when I started and 23 when my first film released. My entire 20s went into work. I felt like I was burning out, doing more than I should be. I was constantly on the go. I would not take time off for myself or breaks in between two films. I would go from one set to another. I did double shifts at one point in time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018I need to make time for myself\u2019<\/p>\n

However, Sonakshi decided to change that much later in her career. She says the realisation dawned on her when she turned 30, around 2017-18. \u201cThere came a point when I said, \u2018I need to make time for myself. That will help me improve as an actor as well as a person\u2019. That\u2019s when I started making certain changes in my life. My whole direction changed in the way I approached work, or the kind of work that I do,\u201d she recalls.<\/p>\n

In the six years since the pandemic, Sonakshi has worked in seven films and two web series, a much lighter work load. Talking about the change, she says, \u201cYou learn. It doesn\u2019t come to you automatically. At that point in time, I felt this was the way to go. Also, I lived a very protected life. For me, that was me seeing my work. I enjoyed it while I did it. But you reach a point where you realise there is more to life than just work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sonakshi’s upcoming film<\/p>\n

Sonakshi will be seen next in Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari\u2019s courtroom drama, System. The film stars her as a young lawyer who goes against her own father in a high-profile murder case. Ashutosh Gowariker plays her character\u2019s father and a prominent defence lawyer, while Jyotika stars as a court stenographer who doubles up as her partner. System will release on Amazon Prime Video on May 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Sonakshi Sinha began working in her early 20sand found immediate success with her debut film, Dabangg. She…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[35203,49,48,9799,25800,73528,75,337,10927,2550],"class_list":["post-672536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-bollywood-actor","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-courtroom-drama","tag-covid-19-pandemic","tag-dabangg","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-sonakshi-sinha","tag-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}