When Roja actress Madhu made her bollywood debut, she was in the news. She appeared in ajay Devgan's film Phool Aur Kaante. With this film, she became famous overnight. She has also done films like Roja. Even today, the actress is known because of these. Madhu comes from a film background. Veteran actress hema malini is her cousin. However, despite the film background, she had to face rejection.
hema malini is a relative
In a podcast with bollywood Bubble, she told, 'My father was a producer. I am from hema malini ji's house, she is my cousin. My mother was a dancer. My whole background was around dance, music, film. But whatever I did, I did it myself.' Regarding the struggle, she said, 'First of all, it was a struggle that I had to tell my father that I want to become an actor. Because he wanted me to become a doctor. Second, I did not have support and I did not have confidence. I felt that if I told people that I wanted to become an actor, they would laugh at me. I had to overcome self-doubt. I did not even know how to approach someone for work. All this was a big struggle for me. First, I got rejection.'
First the film came on its own, then this happened
'My father was a producer, so he had a film Awaargi, which had Anil Kapoor, govinda and Meenakshi. I had gone for the song recording of that film. When a producer saw me there, he told my father that he wanted to cast me in a film. But my father got angry about this. But then I told my father to say yes. Then he got me trained. But when the film started, after just 4 days, he felt that I was not ready. They said about me that how can she become an actor, she cannot become an actor and I was replaced.
Madhu said, 'The producer did not tell this directly to me or my father. We had read in the magazine that Madhu has been replaced. I was very shocked. At that time I was 16-18 years old and was in 12th. But then I decided that now I will prove myself as an actor. I then learned everything. After getting rejected from that film, I got only benefits. My confidence increased and I got a period of training.'
click and follow Indiaherald WhatsApp channel