She Played SRK’s Son Once. Now Look At Her

Brut India

Remember the kid who played SRK’s son in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna? Here SHE is!

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00:00Ouch!

00:18I was four when I did Vastu Shastra. I was six when I did Kabhi Adho Raag.

01:00There are so many amazing roles that I never thought I would do.

01:03Shivangi, Richa, Tanvi and Akanksha.

01:07These are the characters that I dearly love.

01:10And also the sketches that I have been doing.

01:14Every sketch comes with a different kind of role.

01:17The comedy genre I had never explored.

01:22So I am able to also do that at the same time.

01:31It was for an ad. The ad being for an insurance company.

01:35And so the ad was basically about a little boy who is getting his mundan done.

01:41And he is running all around the house because he doesn't want to chop off his hair.

01:45And the family is just chasing him everywhere.

01:48And which is why in the end of the ad they finally get him and they get the mundan done.

01:56Which is why I had to completely shave my head.

02:00Which is why I had a boy card for the longest time.

02:04I did Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna which was a humongous star cast.

02:07So I got to work with Shahrukh Khan, Preeti Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, Abhishek Bachchan and Amitabh Bachchan.

02:14And that was a huge deal for me and I feel very very lucky.

02:17I spent about two months in New York with them.

02:20And we were in the same hotel so we used to bump into each other almost all the time.

02:25And most of my scenes were with Shahrukh Khan and Preeti Zinta.

02:29So I remember spending a lot of time with them.

02:31And Shahrukh sir was a complete delight to work with.

02:35He is so sweet and I was anyway the most pampered child on set.

02:42I used to get a lot of attention.

02:47So I used to make a lot of greeting cards for somebody I was very fond of.

02:51And I remember making a lot of greeting cards for Shahrukh sir and giving it to him.

02:56And there was this one scene where it was a very challenging scene.

03:02It was a football scene and I gave that shot and everybody started clapping for me.

03:07And it was Diwali then so my mom was like, now it's our Diwali.

03:22But during Vastu Shastra there are some memories that I still have.

03:26And especially with her that she taught me a lot of things.

03:31She taught me a lot of kinds of kisses.

03:34So there was this butterfly kiss where you just rub your eyelashes on somebody.

03:40That's a butterfly kiss.

03:42Then there's a fish kiss.

03:43These little really cute things.

03:45I remember going to her house.

03:52So I had short hair for a very long time.

03:55And the first film audition that I got was Vastu Shastra.

04:00And I auditioned for the film.

04:02And the director really really liked my audition.

04:04But again he wanted a boy for the part.

04:07The whole plot of the film was this little boy can see ghosts and nobody believes him.

04:14And that's when they asked my mom if she was willing to let me play a boy in the film.

04:23And I don't remember exactly because I'm too young to remember.

04:29But we still have conversations and she says that they really convinced her.

04:37And at the end of the day she said that it was okay for me to play a boy since I was so young.

04:43And I was very keen on doing it because I loved acting.

04:49And I really wanted to act.

04:50And I really wanted to do the film.

04:52So I was very keen on doing it.

05:00I think it changes a lot.

05:01And it has literally crafted me into the person I am today.

05:06It's crafted my acting skills, everything that I do right now.

05:11It has helped me a lot.

05:12I think I grew up acting which is why I grew up learning about the thing that I love the most.

05:18And I grew up doing what I love and it became my passion.

05:25And I think it really helps you as an actor.

05:29So I think exposure as a child actor has also helped me.

05:32And I also feel that people have seen me grow.

05:37They've seen me grow as an actor also.

05:39So they know me as an actor.

05:46I was 7 years old when my mom decided that I have to stop playing a boy in films.

05:51I need to start playing myself.

05:53And which is why my first film was Poonk as a girl.

05:58So yeah, that was also amazing.

06:02And the first film I did as a girl was also very challenging.

06:05I had to play a possessed girl in it.

06:12My mom always made sure that I'm not missing out on anything that a child my age would.

06:18So yeah, I used to go to school.

06:20I used to go to all these classes which is why I needed time for that also.

06:24And I didn't do much of TV.

06:26So anything that I also did on TV was either a cameo or a 1 or 2 episode show.

06:32Once I was 15 years old, I had my 10th boards.

06:35And I took like a 6 months break from everything.

06:38And I just concentrated on my studies and I gave my board exams.

06:42After that, I was also again planning to take a longer break.

06:47But I got this audition for a TVF video and I went for it.

06:57My passion has always been to become a Bollywood heroine.

07:02And it still is.

07:04I want to get into Bollywood.

07:06I want to be launched in Bollywood.

07:08And I do want to do films.

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