Sakshi Tanwar, who has gained fame from the small screen and who is made a name for herself on the silver screen as well, says that she was shocked and couldn’t believe that Aamir Khan had called her for a role in “Dangal”.
The role she was approached for — and which she eventually bagged — was to play Aamir’s wife in the biographical-drama.
“When I got a call from Aamir sir, I went blank. I was like ‘Oh, okay, well.’ I didn’t know what to do after that. Moments later after the call, I was excited, happy and probably also overwhelmed. There was a mix of emotions in me,” Sakshi told.
‘Dangal’ is based on the life of ace wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and the journey of his daughters Geeta and Babita Phogat. Once on board, the 43-year-old star quickly cancelled her trip to Bhutan to accommodate dates for the film and began prepping for the role.
“The first scene that I shot with him was when his character realises that a gold medal is a gold medal, whether a girl brings it or a boy. But it wasn’t intimidating at all. I was very comfortable with him. We all had met earlier for reading sessions. So we knew how things will go. With actors generally you know how things will pan out on the set and with Aamir it was an extremely comfortable experience,” the actress added.
It wasn’t that the feeling of shooting a film with Aamir had sunk in from day one for Sakshi. The actress says there were two defining moments when it hit her that she has acted alongside the 51-year-old actor.
“One was when the trailer got released and I saw myself in it. The other was, when we had screening of the rough cut and I saw my name in the credits. These were the moments where I felt ‘yes I am in this’. Before that everybody used to tell me ‘Oh my God you’re in Dangal’ and while I knew that very well, it wasn’t sinking in,” said Sakshi.
Well, congratulations to Sakshi Tanwar on getting the role. We hope that the movie does well on the screens. The Nitesh Tiwari directed movie “Dangal” releases on the 23rd of December.