Overview

• In a new Pinkvilla interview reported Tuesday, Nadkarni said a 25-year-old caller asked her to audition for Gully Boy and she declined.
• She said she told the caller to have Zoya Akhtar look up her work online, using the phrase “bade baap ki beti” about the director.
• Calling such tests “pointless,” she argued veteran performers should not be asked to audition by junior assistants.
• She described a separate visit to Kavita Chaudhary’s office where assistants offered no seat, said the original role was gone, asked her to read, and she threw the script down and walked out.
• She contrasted those encounters with her experience on Rustom, saying she was briefed, cast without an audition, and paid for the small role.