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“Every day was an uphill climb.” Nimrat Kaur talked about the early setbacks she faced in her career and how she coped with it.
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00:00Now, that is a lot of heartbreak.
00:01And I had this makeup on, and I had my tears, and I was like...
00:05You feel bad, but you don't want to say you're feeling so bad.
00:08It's very easy to make a mistake, but it's very difficult to have the courage to make a mistake.
00:29Tell me about the tough situations you faced, where you said,
00:34You know what, it came my way.
00:36Yeah.
00:36But I'm damn proud of it.
00:40Have you faced those tough situations?
00:42Yeah, I mean, well, right in the beginning of my career,
00:49before I hacked my first ad.
00:51Now, that is a lot of heartbreak, Sid.
00:53You see.
01:05Oh, God.
01:07It was like, and I had this makeup on, and I had my tears, and I was like...
01:13And you know, it's a time when you just really need to hack something.
01:18You know, something's got to happen.
01:20So, these things, and you know, you have already kind of been for 15-20 other auditions,
01:25and you're standing in lines under difficult conditions,
01:30rain, heat, you've not eaten.
01:33You don't know when you're going to maybe earn your next paycheck or not.
01:39Difficult times for that time.
01:41In absolute terms, it becomes difficult.
01:44See, in hindsight, because hindsight vision is 20-20,
01:47I can make it very rosy and be like, you know what, I stuck it out.
01:50And it was, there were difficult days, but here I am.
01:55Sure.
01:56But those days were tricky.
01:58Every day was an uphill climb.
02:01You know, every day.
02:03And I remember going downstairs to the PCO,
02:07at that time, mobile phones and all were very expensive to make calls, right?
02:11Maybe, I don't know.
02:12Yes, they were, but you know, it was very expensive.
02:14So, there was a line at the PCO as well.
02:17Then I had to go and talk to my mom.
02:19You feel bad, but you don't want to say you're feeling so bad,
02:22because you'll be told to come back.
02:23Don't do that.
02:24You know?
02:25You didn't feel like leaving and going back?
02:28It wasn't like your mom said, that's enough, that's enough, let's go.
02:31There were days.
02:32In fact, ironically, whenever I used to come in front of anyone,
02:36when my mom or anyone,
02:37anybody would lovingly, with all their good intentions,
02:40say that you come home, that's enough, how long do you have to do this?
02:44Then I used to think, no, why should I come?
02:48So, it's very ironic that when someone tells me to stop this,
02:53then my rebel, without a cause, I'm like, no.
02:57I'm not a loose.
02:58No, I said one more day, one more month, let's see.