Anushka's fairytale start in Bollywood

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Here’s a video of Anushka Sharma from 2011 talking about getting selected for her debut film, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. ️  : Disney+ Hotstar

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00:00And I was feeling a bit...

00:01Dada zara tissue dena.

00:03You have to steal my thunder always, no?

00:05He just said that, listen,

00:07I have a lot of belief

00:09in your talent.

00:11And I think you're a very talented actress.

00:13But I don't think you're very good looking.

00:15You're just such an attention seeker. What's your problem?

00:17Sorry, I'm born like that.

00:30Music

00:54Anushka, your story I know.

00:56Model, audition, Rabne Banadi Jodi.

00:58Great beginning.

01:00Couldn't have asked for better.

01:02Beginning with Shah Rukh Khan.

01:04That was like an awe-inspiring experience for you.

01:06Absolutely.

01:08Like you couldn't believe you were facing the camera.

01:10And I was there on day one.

01:12Actually, the day that I got to know that I'm doing this film,

01:14I thought that God has put everything else on hold

01:16and he's only working towards...

01:18Describe the call that you get and say you're on for this film.

01:20I didn't get a call actually.

01:22I was on the fourth floor of...

01:24In Aditya Chopra's office.

01:26And what does he say to you?

01:28He just said that, listen,

01:30I have a lot of belief

01:32in your talent.

01:34And I think you're a very talented actress.

01:36But I don't think you're very good looking.

01:38So, you're not the most

01:40good looking girl.

01:42So you have to make sure that you're going to work really, really hard.

01:44And all that, all that, all that.

01:46And yes, you're on to play

01:48Tani.

01:50But you know what he actually said?

01:52What he said after that was something

01:54that was more overwhelming.

01:56He said that I'm going to be doing not just this film,

01:58but I'm going to be doing two other films with you which I have in mind right now.

02:00So when I left the office,

02:02I was all cool, I just said thank you

02:04and I was very proper and I said thank you, thank you so much

02:06sir, I'm looking forward to working with you and all that.

02:08And I got up and I left.

02:10And I was driving, I drove myself to the studio.

02:12So I was reversing my car,

02:14I get out of the studio

02:16and at one point I stopped the car

02:18because I realised I was crying.

02:20And I was crying so much and I was just crying

02:22and I called my parents who weren't in town.

02:24So I called my mom and I said,

02:26I can't believe, I can't believe this is happening right now.

02:28I just can't believe it.

02:30Because there are lots of things that happened before when I was modelling.

02:32A lot of assignments that I wasn't getting.

02:34A lot of things which weren't going right.

02:36And I was feeling a bit...

02:38Dada zara tissue dena.

02:40You have to steal my thunder always, no?

02:42You're just such an attention seeker.

02:44What's your problem?

02:46Sorry, I was born like that.

02:48That was really rude.

02:50Okay, it was all awesome.

02:52Listen, that's amazing.

02:54I think every girl's dream come true.

02:56To kind of be in a situation like this.

02:58I mean that's really fantastic. Shah Rukh Khan.

03:00Shah Rukh Khan.

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