Anushka Sharma turns 32 and celebrates her birthday, the actress made her debut in Bollywood opposite Shah Rukh Khan in ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ (2008). It’s been twelve years since Anushka stood in front of the camera for the first time, and in those years in between, she has secured a place for herself in the cinema industry.
On the occasion of the actress’s birthday, here’s a look back on how she earned a place for herself in the Bollywood industry. After the release of ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’, she appeared on Karan Johar’s chat show, Koffee With Karan, and revealed how Aditya Chopra told her that she was not a good looking girl.
The ‘Zero’ actress said, “I was on the fourth floor, in Aditya Chopra’s office. He just said, ‘Listen, I have a lot of belief in your talent. I think you are a very talented actress but I don’t think you are very good-looking. You’re not the most good-looking girl, so you have to make sure that you work really hard. You’re on for Taani (her character in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi).”
The actress also shared how she believed that in her head she was ‘very pretty.’ She said, “I used to think I am very, very good-looking. Like, ‘Haan, haan, aise toh main bhi lag sakti hoon (Yeah, yeah, even I can look like this).’ If I just have the right make-up and right hair and all that. It’s only after I met Aditya Chopra that I saw myself on the monitor for the first time while shooting… I was in the dulhan ka joda (bridal attire). I saw myself the first time on screen and I was like, ‘He is right. I am not that good-looking.’”
On the work front, Anushka is also gearing up for the release of her first web show on Amazon Prime, ‘Paatal Lok.’ It is produced by Anushka’s production house, Clean Slate Films, and will premiere on May 15, 2020.