Nikita Dutta on vaccination drive for all above 18: The faster the procedures, the better for everyone – Hindustan Times

Actor Nikita Dutta is on the road to recovery after testing positive for Covid-19, but that doesnt take away the fear of getting infected again while working. And hence, she opines that actors should have been given preference for vaccination after frontline workers, though shes glad that the drive has started for all above 18.

Dutta contracted the virus last month while shooting for her dance film, Rocket Gang, in Mumbai alongside Aditya Seal, and the path to getting healthy hasnt been a smooth one.

After my co-star tested positive, we stalled the shoot, and I got myself tested. My report came negative twice, and then positive. I know I got it from the shoot only because everybody around tested positive, she reveals.

The actor confesses that shes in a much better position now, unlike before. Unfortunately, before I tested positive, I was in a more grave situation because I had a fever and wasnt able to stand up. By the time I tested positive, I had already started to get better, Dutta shares.

For the actor, getting sick was more frustrating because it happened right when her film, The Big Bull, was ready for digital release.

Initially, it was to be a big theatrical release in October last year, and then the pandemic happened, so we planned to release it on OTT. I was really hoping to have a screening, get together with the team, friends and family and watch the film, she says.

Instead, she watched it at her home while quarantining alone. But amid all the change in plans and realities, shes trying to stay positive and hopeful.

However, as the fear of the virus still lingers around, Dutta admits its scary to remove a mask to shoot a scene, but is quick to add that theres no alternative to that. Unless they start writing scenes where actors are wearing masks, she quips.

And thats where vaccination would come in, and shield them, feels Dutta, ruing that actors werent given preference before.

Unfortunately, the entertainment industry isnt given that much preference. As actors, whore facing the camera every day, we should have been given a preference after the essential and frontline workers. Now, the good part is that the vaccine will slowly be available to everybody. But I think the faster the procedures, the better for everyone, she asserts.

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Nikita Dutta on vaccination drive for all above 18: The faster the procedures, the better for everyone - Hindustan Times