Kriti Sanon

She may not boast of industry connections, yet Kriti Sanon has proved her mettle with Heropanti (2014) and Dilwale (2015). The actress, who has Raabta and Bareilly Ki Barfi lined up for release, talks about life as an outsider and sets the record straight about her alleged relationship with co-star Sushant Singh Rajput.

How did Raabta happen?
It's funny, but I share a great relationship with Dinu [director Dinesh Vijan]. We have often discussed scripts which we never worked on. I met him for something else, but we ended up discussing the script for Raabta. At that time, he wasn't sure whether he was making the film. I really wanted to do it, as it replicated two different worlds, that were connected to each other. He then called me again to his office and Sushant was also there; he was already on board. Dinu gave both of us a scene [to enact] and he liked our chemistry. He got up and said, 'chalo, yeh film banate hai."