Here’s a video of Anushka Sharma from 2008 talking about her debut film, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. She turns 34 today.
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00:00He tells me, Adi will be coming in and meeting you in five minutes.
00:05And I said, Adi who?
00:06He said, Aditya Chopra.
00:07I said, what? Are you serious?
00:14I think when I auditioned for the movie, there wasn't too much buzz around this film.
00:17It was really low key when I auditioned for it.
00:20So I didn't know much about the film.
00:23I just knew that it's a Yash Raj film and it's a reputed banner.
00:26So I was interested in, you know, trying my hand in it.
00:28My audition went well. I was given a few lines from DDLJ.
00:32When Simran is taking permission from her dad to go on the Euro tour.
00:36And I was told specifically that do not do what Kajol has done.
00:41Try to interpret it in your own way and process it the way you would represent the lines.
00:46It went well. I thought it went well.
00:49And after a few days I was told that I've been shortlisted but nothing was certain.
00:54And I was called the next time to audition.
00:58And Manish, he was the first AD of our film.
01:01He didn't tell me what's going to happen on that day.
01:05I think I reached there, I'm sitting down and he tells me,
01:09Adi will be coming in and meeting you in five minutes.
01:13And I said, Adi who?
01:14He said, Aditya Chopra.
01:15I said, what? Are you serious?
01:17I was a little taken aback, a little shocked.
01:20I don't know how it's going to go.
01:21I was a bit nervous.
01:22Actually, I was very nervous.
01:24But then he came and Adi was so nice to me and he made me feel so comfortable.
01:28And he said, just do whatever you think you should do right now.
01:32Just read the lines and tell me how you've auditioned earlier.
01:35And I did just that.
01:37And it moved further.
01:40There was a look test that happened.
01:42It was a photo shoot.
01:44At that point I thought, maybe things are getting a bit...
01:49They're progressing, they're going a bit forward.
01:52From that moment onwards, once I finished the shoot,
01:57I started praying.
01:59Praying so hard.
02:01If I'm fit for this, if I deserve to do this movie,
02:06then please bring this to me.
02:09And he did.