BCR NEWS (Swati Bhat/Mumbai): Ananya Panday, Janhvi Kapoor, Mrunal Thakur, Radhika Madan and Avinash Tiwary were among several celebs who attended the Jio MAMI Movie Mela with Star on 13 October in Mumbai.
During the pannel discussion with these New Bloods Avinash Tiwary, who shot to overnight fame with his role in Laila Majnu last year, displayed his rapping skills just like ‘ Gully Boy ‘.
Avinash also recounted the arduous process of auditioning that he had to undergo for Laila Majnu. He said, “For Laila Majnu, for 8 months, I did about 21 tests. And the film got shut down at that time. So you’re just sitting at home. Over a year later, I get a call and the film was going ahead and I never looked back.”
Mrunal Thakur praised her Ghost Stories co-star Avinash, saying that she loved his performance in Laila Majnu. Speaking about her co-panelist Radhika Madan, she added that her journey in films has been similar to that of Madan, who also started out with television projects. Further she adds, “I am feeling blessed that I got to start my career with Television. Because television gives you complete knowledge about how to manage a good work in less time.”
Jahnvi Kapoor shared some acting tips she had learnt from Nawazuddin Siddiqui. “Nawazuddin Siddiqui once told me that the best acting always happens by mistake. So you need to be open to everything around you and react to it and look for the moments you can’t recreate,” she said in the panel discussion.
Ananya Pandey talked about how important it is to let go of negativity. When asked about how often she gets emotional and get tears, She said that she don’t cry often but she remembers that last when she cried was during her first film The Student of The Year 2′ s screening. She was overwhelmed to see herself on screen. She poured out tears full of bucket.
Radhika Madan spoke about the gender inequality in the industry, saying that she is often asked who her male co-star would be, whenever she announces a new project. She said, “When I announce a film people still ask ‘who’s the hero?’ We became actors to perform in good films. But people give us a roadmap & say ‘First become a commercial actress and when you make a name for yourself, then you can do a Raazi.”
