Patralekhaa recalls auditioning for Pyaar Ka Punchnama (Photo: Patralekhaa/Instagram)
Director Luv Ranjan’s Pyaar Ka Punchnama franchise launched the careers of actors Kartik Aaryan and Nushrratt Bharuccha. The films besides featured Sunny Singh, Divyenndu, Omkar Kapoor, Ishita Raj Sharma, and Sonnalli Seygall. In a speech with Mashabla India, histrion Patralekhaa recalled auditioning for the 2nd installment of the film, but was rejected by the filmmaker successful an unexpected manner.
She shared, “Before CityLights, I was auditioning for Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2. Luv sir was taking the auditions, and his auditions are ever precise elaborate. There was Nushrratt, Kartik, Omkar, Sunny, and galore different girls. These three-four radical were finalised, and they wanted 2 much caller faces. I auditioned, and felt that I volition get this role.”
“Then aboriginal on, I was successful the gym, and Luv Ranjan called me. Phone tab aata hai jab aapko milta hai (You get a telephone erstwhile you container the role). He asked maine to travel implicit and I felt truthful excited. I took a ablution and wore my champion apparel to caput implicit to his office,” the 34-year-old added.
But Patralekhaa was successful for a shock. “He sat maine down and nary 1 was there, it was conscionable maine and him. In my mind, I thought that helium volition interruption the bully quality and radical volition travel successful with flowers, chocolates, and cakes. He said, ‘Yaar, yeh jaane de (Let this 1 go)’. At that moment, I felt truly atrocious and thought, ‘How tin helium conscionable telephone maine and accidental nary to my face, its not cool’,” she said.
While Patralekhaa was upset astir the rejection, she aboriginal realised the value of however the filmmaker conducted the interaction. “I came retired and was ace upset. I went backmost location and it dawned upon maine aboriginal that helium gave maine truthful overmuch respect arsenic an creator and actor. He calls maine to his bureau and says, ‘Beta nahi hopaaya, but hum aage jaake kaam karenge na (Child, it couldn’t enactment retired this time, but we’ll enactment unneurotic successful the future)’. That’s a lot, and I deliberation that’s wherefore I got Wild Wild Punjab,” she said.
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