Published 09:26 IST, October 13th 2020
Remember when Amrita Rao revealed how Sooraj Barjatya casts actors in his films
In an older video on Youtube, Amrita Rao shared how director Sooraj Barjatya casts actors in his films. Amrita worked with the latter in Vivah, opposite Shahid.
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Amrita Rao made her acting debut in 2002 with Ab Ke Baras, opposite Aarya Babbar. Bollywood actor is best kwn for her appearance in romantic film Vivah, released in 2006. film is written and directed by Sooraj R. Barjatya. In an older Youtube video, Amrita Rao had revealed how Sooraj Barjatya cast actors in his movies. She said that director made actors read a Hindi book to test ir vocal skills and command on Hindi langu.
Amrita Rao on getting cast by Sooraj Barjatya
Amrita Rao shared that she read a book written by Premchand, during her meeting with Sooraj Barjatya. Talking furr about how she was cast for her role in Vivah, Amrita Rao said that she read Shahid Kapoor's news getting cast in Sooraj's next film and wanted to work on that project. She asked her manr to set up a meeting with production house.
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Talking about same, Amrita Rao revealed that during that era, several leading female actors would use ir position to get popular or most-talked-about roles in Bollywood. She furr added that when she met Sooraj, y did t talk about film's script. ir meeting went on for four hours. Amrita attended meeting with her manr and mor.
After a few days of Amrita Rao's meeting with Sooraj Barjatya, actor got a call from director. Amrita Rao revealed that latter informed her that she was selected for role and y wished to work with her. Sooraj also told Amrita that once she is back she can do narration and n decide if she wanted to do film. Amrita was impressed by Sooraj's down to earth gesture, she said.
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More about 'Vivah'
Vivah is a romantic drama starring Shahid Kapoor opposite Amrita Rao. film was produced and distributed by Rajshri Productions. film narrates story of a couple and follows ir journey from engment to marri and aftermath. This was Amrita Rao's fourth film with Shahid Kapoor.
Vivah was a huge commercial success. It grossed more than ₹539 million worldwide. While Shahid Kapoor earned a mination for Best Actor, Amrita Rao was listed in Best Actress mination at Screen Awards. film was also dubbed into Telugu and released as Parinayam.
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09:26 IST, October 13th 2020