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Pratibha Ranta: He said, I can’t believe what you did in last scene
Updated On: 04 March, 2024 05:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma
Shining bright with her spirited performance in Laapataa Ladies, debutant Pratibha recalls how producer Aamir praised her after watching the film
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Over seven years ago, when the then-teenaged Pratibha Ranta had watched Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra’s maiden film Dangal (2016), she wondered if she would ever debut in an Aamir Khan movie. The universe was listening. Today, the actor fronts director Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies, backed by Khan. For Ranta, who shifted from Shimla to Mumbai in 2019, the film is that point where her dreams and reality converged. “My dad has been a film buff, so I grew up loving movies. But it wasn’t easy to convince my family about my acting dreams. While leaving for Mumbai, they had given me a year’s deadline, and if I had failed to secure anything in that period, I would have had to go back,” she says.
Thankfully, she bagged the lead role in the popular television show, Qurbaan Hua. While she was flirting with the small screen, she got an audition call for Laapataa Ladies. Multiple screening rounds later, she found herself face-to-face with Khan and Rao for the final audition. “I thought, ‘This is such a high-pressure situation. I can’t even fangirl over Aamir Khan,’” Ranta laughs. “Both him and Kiran ma’am made me so comfortable. Aamir sir asked me about my life, what my parents did. When a superstar asks about you, you feel special. By the time I reached home after the audition, I got a call that I was on board.”
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