Warina Hussain on LoveYatri: I have faced rejections many times

With Loveyatri hitting the marquee on October 5 middaycom got into an exclusive interaction with a debutant Warina Hussain The modelturnedactress hails from Afghanistan and has spent a decade now in India From auditioning from one place to another to bagging her first film opposite Salman Khans brotherinlaw Aayush Sharma Warina talks about everything With her film release Warina is over the moon and believes in hard work Get to know the actress even better through this candid chatExcerpts from the interviewHow was it shooting for LoveYatri and with Aayush SharmaShooting for Loveyatri is a dream come true Every day was a learning process Its the most special period in my lifeHow well did you know of the festival Navratri before doing this film because the festival is the films backdropIts been almost a decade that I have lived in India I have celebrated everything Holi Diwali Eid Christmas But I never heard about Navratri I lived in Delhi before The festival is celebrated in a different manner there I googled to know what the festival is about and now I know what Navratri isHow was life before LoveYatriI started modelling six years ago from Delhi and then shifted to Mumbai with the dream of becoming an actor Ive been to multiple acting workshops Ive been to the New York film academy Mumbai branch and auditioned for a couple of movies Thats how LoveYatri happenedThere was a lot of curiosity amongst everyone about the lead actress of LoveYatri How did you bag this filmI lived in Andheri and being an aspiring model every morning you wake up to audition messages from coordinators My life was all about going from one studio to another in Aaram Nagar From one of the coordinators I got to know that I have to pass on my introduction to the Being In Touch app where I had to sign up for a contest I shared a selfie video and after a month I get a call from casting director Mukesh Chhabras office I have auditioned in Mukesh Chhabras office before as well for a movie which required a hardcore Hindi speaking girl So that was one of the reasons I did not even get a callback I have faced rejections many times I got LoveYatris script when the film wasnt titled there was no production house name no details about the hero or anything I was thinking either it is big or it is nothing from the kind of script that it is I auditioned and was asked to do a reading with the actor and thats how I met Aayush Sharma and Abhiraj Minawala director for a reading at Aayushs house I went into multiple phases of auditions where they saw my acting dance my HindiView this post on InstagramldquoJab Pehli Baar Usse Mulakaat Hogirdquo Loveyatri LoveTakesOver beingsalmankhan aaysharma skfilmsofficial iamramkapoor abhiraj88 tseriesofficialA post shared by WARINA HUSSAIN warinahussain onSep 28 2018 at 646am PDTHow did your family react to the news of you doing a film under Salman Khans home production bannerMy mother is in the US and she is a huge Salman Khan fan I called her up and said Mom I got a movie She said Okay nice Then I told her it is SKF Films her voice suddenly changed and she started shouting She keeps asking me that if she came to India will I make her meet Salman Khan The funniest part is that my friends and relatives think that I meet him on a regular basis laughsWhat advice did Salman Khan give you before doing this filmSince its Aayush Abhiraj and my first film its journey has been special for all three of us We would always share our nervousness We would chill together and have our low days as well We would support each other Salman sir gave us one of the most prominent bits of advice He said Put your heart soul and mind into this project because this project will make the careers of all three of you So give it your best He gives us a small push and we all get motivatedWho is your favourite actorI am a big fan of Nawazuddin Siddiquis workAlso ReadAayush Sharma Cant Deny That Im Here Because Of Salman KhanCatch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates