Veteran Marathi actor Usha Nadkarni, who has worked in prominent shows such as Pavitra Rishta in her decades-long career, spoke about rejecting a role in Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy because she felt disrespected. In an interview, the veteran actor said that she cannot tolerate being told to audition by people who weren’t even born when she started working. She said that she has been belittled many times, and that she doesn’t have the patience to audition for production houses who can’t do the bare minimum and study her resume before hand.
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Recalling her reaction to being asked to audition for Zoya’s film, she said in an interview with Pinkvilla, “There was a movie called Gully Boy, and someone called me in for an audition. I asked him how old he is, he said he’s 25. I told him, ‘I’ve been working for longer than your mother has been alive’. Main aise faaltu kaam karti nahi audition dene ka. I asked who the director is, and he told me. I said, ‘Bade baap ki beti hai na. Mera kaam dekh. Computer pe naam laga mera, phir maalum padega maine kya kya kiya hai (She’s the daughter of a big man, isn’t she. I told him to tell her to look me up, and she’ll know who I am and what I’ve done)’.”
