'Ghar Se Nikalte Hi' actress Mayoori Kango: The 1990s weren't a great time for actresses
The 'Ghar Se Nikalte Hi' beauty, who now heads a division in Google India, says she has to prove herself in every meeting as 'people have a notion that actors are not intelligent'
Mayoori Kango, the light-eyed beauty from the film 'Papa Kahte Hain?' that featured the popular song 'Ghar Se Nikalte Hi', was recently appointed as the Head of Industry - Agency parternships in Google India. Kango was the Managing Director at French advertising company Performics for two years before she moved to Google. She has also worked with Digitas as associate director, media and Zenith as Chief Digital Officer.
The former actress entered the corporate world after completing her MBA from New York Business school. She worked in the US from 2004 to 2012.
Mayoori Kango chosen movies over a seat in IIT Kanpur for her Bollywood career. She acted in 15 films - 'Papa Kehte Hain', 'Betaabi', 'Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet', 'Badal', 'Papa the Great' - to name a few and numerous television soaps before she bid good bye to the glamour world. In her acting career that spanned over a decade and a half, Mayoori worked with big names like Mahesh Bhatt, Anupam Kher, Shakti Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Rani Mukerji, Chandrachur Singh, Jugal Hansraj, Ajay Devgn and Arshad Warsi. The last time she appeared on the big screen was the box office dud 'Kurbaan'.
In a 2017 interview with Times of India, Mayoori had talked at length about her career choices and also revealed why the '90s weren't a great time for actresses.
Talking about 'Papa Kahte Hain', she had said, 'I was supposed to act in that telefilm in the summer vacations and go back to college. I find it amazing that even after two decades, people remember me for that one film,' she says.
Here are excerpts from her interview: