Bollywood actress Bhumi Pednekar has been an idol to many with her transformation journey and success in Bollywood.
As the actress turns 32 today, let’s have a throwback to when Bhumi failed film school and had a huge loan at the beginning of her career.
As per reports, while speaking about her journey, Bhumi says, “I am not an accidental actor and I say this time and again. This is something that I really wanted to do and I have worked really hard to be here. I am born and brought up in Bombay so that definitely helped because just having some sort of a support system in the city, which is the city of our Hindi film industry, makes your journey slightly easy.
“However, because I am not from a traditional film family or I really didn’t have any contacts, I was very confused at first about how to go about it,” she added.
The actress also mentioned that she had to convince her parents a lot to get into this industry. “I mustered the courage to speak to my parents about it. They weren’t very happy and I think they were being protective. So, I decided to join film school and the fee was expensive, so I took a loan,” Bhumi continued.
However, Bhumi could not successfully pass out of film school and that came as a shock to her. “I failed film school not because I wasn’t a good actor but because I wasn’t disciplined. That was the biggest ‘jhatka’ (jolt). It felt like I had screwed up and I had this Rs 13 lakh loan on my head. I started looking for a job for survival and to protect my dream to act. Again, my parents were completely against it because they wanted me to go back to studying, but I told them that I’ll get a degree from an open school,” Bhumi recalled.
After failing film school, Bhumi started working as a casting assistant.
“When I was doing casting, my intent wasn’t to gain information about if I want to be an actor. I was just observing as a filmmaking student. I was like I want to be a part of this world, whatever door opens. In fact, that is how my life has been — a journey of survival. I have only tried to survive through the years till ‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’. I was lucky that I kept getting these opportunities — things kept happening one after the other and primarily from YRF,” she added.
On the work front, Bhumi Pednekar will be next seen in Badhaai Do alongside Rajkummar Rao for the first time and Takth.