MUMBAI: Gauahar Khan stepped into showbiz almost 20 years ago through a beauty pageant. Today she is one of the nation’s most popular reality stars and an actor who delivers consistent performance. “Grateful” for her journey, Khan says, “I’ve had my struggling years, where I thought I’m not going in the right direction.”
The Begum Jaan (2017) and Tandav actor barely opens up about the chinks in her armour, as she reasons, “I don’t talk about the things that don’t make me feel grateful about the better things I had in my life. I like to be in a state of gratitude.”
Talking about her interactions with producers, she recalls, “I’ve had people who’ve said to me, ‘You really think that koi producer tumhe welcome karega aur bolega tumhe leke picture banata hoon?’, ‘Tumhe kya lagta hai tum Madhuri Dixit ho?’”
“Back then, there was this producer, he had produced the biggest blockbuster and a National Award-winning film. He took my date of birth and other information, saying that he doesn’t do anything without his panditji’s suggestions. I was called 10 days later only to be told, ‘You’ll never make it in the industry, you’ll never become an actress. Even if you do, you’ll only do shady and sidey roles’. I was just 22 then, but I still had confidence in myself, so I told him to watch me.”
Credit: Hindustan Times
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