Divya Khosla Kumar on her experience living in slums for 20 days, says it was quite dirty: 'I had lice in my hair...'

Divya Khosla Kumar recently talked about her tough experience living in a slum for 20 days while getting ready for a movie role. She recalled how she did daily chores and adjusted to the hard living conditions.

Getting into character for the movie

On Bharti Singh and Haarsh Limbachiyaa’s podcast, Divya opened up about her role in the movie, where she plays a woman from a slum. She revealed that she actually stayed there to get a feel for the lifestyle. She said her character is very different from her—fearless, street-smart, and always aware of who might betray her.

Life in the slum community

The actress further shared that for her role as a woman from the slums, she actually stayed there to experience the lifestyle, which was challenging. She explained that her character is very different from her—tough, street-smart, and always aware of who might betray her.



She also described the slum community as happy and carefree, with people content despite having few ambitions. She shared how residents welcomed her into their homes for tea and helped each other with daily chores, like removing lice. She admitted it was a challenging experience, with open sewers and difficult living conditions.

Earlier appearances and film background

Divya had earlier appeared on Archana Puran Singh's vlog to talk about her experience living in a slum for a movie role. She admitted feeling scared of standing near the open drain while shooting and shared that she had to do chores like sweeping and mopping. Divya is known for acting in movies like Satyameva Jayate 2, Yaariyan 2, and Savi, all co-produced by her husband’s T-Series, though they didn’t perform as expected. She has also produced films like Yaariyan and Sanam Re.