Chitrangada Singh on having had a journey of 18 years & counting in Bollywood

Singh has witnessed a fascinating career at the movies where even though she has been in an array of films over the years, there have been long gaps between her being in multiple films. In that process, she even turned a producer with the film, Soorma.

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Actor Chitrangada Singh has witnessed a fascinating career at the movies where even though she has been in an array of films over the years, there have been long gaps between her being in multiple films. In that process, she even turned a producer with the film, Soorma.

The actor entered the industry almost 18 years ago with the critically acclaimed Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi and now almost two decades into the industry, she continues to amass a career that is one to remember. The actor first talked about it with ETimes as to how it all began, she said, “Well, I had done modeling and had appeared in some music videos. And then I was happily married. I wasn’t trying to get into Bollywood at all. I think Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi that marked my Bollywood debut was just written in my destiny. Director Sudhir Mishra was hell bent that he didn’t want a model as his Geeta (the character) in the film. He had auditioned so many NSD (National School of Drama) actors for that role. There was someone in the production who suggested that Sudhir meet me as I had worked in a music video that was directed by Gulzar saab.”

She added, “At that time, I was to fly with my (former) husband (Golfer, Jyoti Randhawa) to Korea for his tournament. However, since I got this call I stayed back. After the auditions Sudhir was still hell-bent that he didn’t want to cast a model. Swanand (Kirkire) who was helping Sudhir with the auditions coached me for that audition on how to deliver my lines etc. Sudhir wanted to cast someone experienced as the actress had to act opposite Kay Kay Menon and we all know what a fantastic actor he is. However, there was some spark Sudhir saw in me and agreed to work with me. People say that they struggled a lot to get into B-town, but I didn’t do much to land myself in Bollywood (Smiles).”

On the work front, Singh was last seen in Bob Biswas and has the film, Gaslight in the works ahead.

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