Neena Gupta recalls how she was selected for Badhaai Ho

Neena Gupta and Gajraj Rao recently visited the sets of Sony TV’s hit show Kaun Banega Croroepati. While they have been much appreciated for their extraordinary work together in Shubh Mangal Zyada Savdhaan, it was their first movie together, Badhaai Ho, which grabbed eyeballs and won hearts!

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Sitting on the hot seat opposite Amitabh Bachchan, Neena Gupta revealed auditioning for a role in the movie Badhaai Ho and why wasn’t she chosen in one go. The actress said she loved the script since the time of the first reading, but never got a call back. She then revealed that things changed when she was called to visit the director of the film, Amit Sharma, in his office.

Neena Gupta said, “Amit called me to his office after a week or ten days. When I went there, I wore a simple kameez and my house cook’s salwar. He looked quite impressed by me.” Not only that, the actress also revealed the real reason behind not being chosen in one go! She added, “I then got to know later that when everyone would sit and talk, Ayushmann Khurrana felt that I should not play the part because I don’t look like a mom! Someone then told Amit that I had done a short film with Jackie Shroff called, Khujli, which was a 15-minute short. In that, I had an almost similar attire. He watched that, then showed it to Ayushmann and everyone else. That is how I was locked to play the role.”