Overview

• In a new Pinkvilla interview, the veteran performer says she turned down an audition for Zoya Akhtar’s 2019 film after a 25-year-old assistant rang her up to test.
• She recalls telling the caller to search her work online and using a pointed remark about the director’s lineage as she refused to audition.
• Nadkarni describes other casting encounters she considered discourteous, including not being offered a seat and being asked to read from a script, after which she left.
• She contrasts those experiences with Rustom, saying the team explained the role and cast her without a test, which she calls the proper approach.
• Outlets reporting the interview note no response from Akhtar or the producers, while Gully Boy went on to be a critical and commercial success and India’s 2019 Oscars entry.