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