Wondering how she came to pursue her Bollywood dream? Read on her story!<\/p>\n
Q) Did you aspire to become an actor? If not, then tell us how did it happen?<\/h3>\n
A) I used to fantasize about becoming an actor as a kid. I am sure most kids do. My father is a violinist in the film industry. He has played with the likes of Kalyanji Anandji, Laxmikant Pyarelal etc.<\/strong> We would often get invited to big filmy weddings. I remember seeing Amitabh Bachchan, Amir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Anil Kapur<\/strong> often at these weddings. As soon as the actors would arrive, the crowd would leave everything they were doing and rush to them. I always fantasized how cool it would be if I was one of them. Although it was not that often. My family gave utmost importance to studies, and I grew up as quite a nerd<\/strong>. After graduating, I interned with Saatchi and Saatchi<\/strong> as a copywriter as I was always inclined towards writing. I soon realised that my passion lay not in copywriting but actually film making<\/strong>. Soon I started assisting directors. And from there on, it all started.<\/p>\n A) After the first show, I started doing all the shows of a play I was once offered. They even cast me in a second play. I was replacing an actor who was busy with some shooting commitment. I still didn\u2019t think I wanted to be an actor though. This was the most confused phase of my life. In a parallel way, I left my ad film job and started working with a full-time writer<\/strong>. After almost a year, I got a call that my first play had got selected for the NSD festival and we had to go to Delhi. I remember travelling to Delhi, feeling all rusted as an actor. All the other actors were always confident as they were acting in several other plays at any given point of time. I remember getting jitters sitting in the greenroom before the show. Towards the end of the show, when they were introducing the actors, they announced my name. The audience applauded and cheered the longest for me<\/strong>. It was almost unreal. It was a different high<\/strong>. I guess the sound of that applause stayed with me for many days to come. I went back to writing and soon started missing that high. Someone then told me that Sunil Shanbag, a renowned theatre\u00a0director was looking for actors for his new play<\/strong>. After meeting Sunil a few times, I landed with a central part in a beautiful play called \u2018Walking to the Sun\u2019<\/strong>. This play was the turning point of my life<\/strong>, and I decided to pursue acting henceforth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/student-stories.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/student-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/22133852\/Manasi-Rachh-4-1.jpg?resize=1280%2C869&ssl=1\")
<\/p>\nQ) When did you actually realize that people have started perceiving you as an actor?<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nQ) Your film \u201cStudent Of The Year\u201d<\/strong> gained fair amount of popularity, tell us how did you get a role in it?<\/h3>\n
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