Bhumi Pednekar’s performance in her unusual debut earned her critical acclaim and cemented her place among the industry’s rising stars. Here are some interesting facts about the famous Bollywood diva Bhumi Pednekar. Bhumi Pednekar spent six years as an assistant director at Y.R.F. before landing her big break as an actor. Before joining casting director Shanoo Sharma as an A.D., she first worked with Abhimanyu Ray, assisting in the casting of films such as Chak De! India, Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year, and Teen Patti.

Bhumi Pednekar was chosen from over a hundred women who auditioned for the role of Sandhya, some of whom she herself had auditioned. Her first audition was a sequence she had done as a demo for the actors, which the casting directors took into consideration as her first audition tape. Director Sharat Katariya then brought her in for several auditions over the course of a few months before finalizing her part as Sandhya. Bhumi Pednekar once told Farhan Akhtar that she watched Dum Laga Ke Haisha at least once a day in local theatres for 45 days after the film’s debut.

She was joined in the theatres by her director, Sharat Katariya, and the two would laugh and cry with the audience. The actor also said that she does the same thing with all of her films, having seen Toilet: Ek Prem Katha three times in Mumbai’s Chandan theatre. Bhumi Pednekar, like thousands of other Bollywood fans around the world, grew up idolizing the industry’s luminaries. During the promotion of her debut film, the actor stated that she adores both Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan and that she would want to collaborate on a film with both of them.

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