The Romantics: Ranveer Singh gets MOIST-eyed as he talks about his first meeting with Aditya Chopra: “He told me, ‘When I saw your audition, I saw a 25-year career in front of me. I've not seen an audition like that’”

Ranveer Singh is one of the most promising actors today, who has an insane fan following since his first film, Band Baaja Baaraat (2010). The actor along with his first producer, Aditya Chopra of Yash Raj Films (YRF), spoke about how the former got his first break in the Netflix show, The Romantics. Ranveer Singh revealed that he had lost hope of becoming an actor during his struggling days. But he happened to know Shanoo Sharma, who later became the casting director of YRF. When Aditya Chopra was looking for a new face for Band Baaja Baaraat, Shanoo suggested Ranveer Singh. Aditya Chopra admitted on the show that he was not impressed with Ranveer. He said, “He really didn't look good. I fired Shanoo. I asked her, ‘What’s wrong with you?’” But Shanoo Sharma convinced him to let Ranveer Singh give it a shot. Shanoo then raised laughs as she confessed that Ranveer didn’t pick up her call as probably he was busy with a girl! With no other option, she messaged him saying ‘Adi Chopra’! Ranveer then narrated in his dramatic style that he almost dropped his phone when he read Shanoo’s message. Ranveer Singh then further said that when he went for the audition, he was aided by popular actress Bhumi Pednekar who was then Shanoo’s assistant. He said, “The only reason I was able to give a good audition was because she was performing the scene with me.” Aditya Chopra loved the audition immensely and the YRF team called him the same day. However, the next round of auditions and readings, involving co-actor Anushka Sharma, director Maneesh Sharma etc were ‘disastrous’, in the words of Ranveer. This is when Aditya Chopra walked in and met Ranveer Singh for the first time. Ranveer Singh stated, “Adi sir asked me, ‘Why are you screwing it up?’. He continued, "Aditya Chopra told me, ‘When I saw your audition, I saw a 25-year career in front of me. I've not seen an audition like that’”. Ranveer got moist-eyed at this point and said that he was so touched when he heard it that he fell on his knees and cried. Band Baaja Baaraat started on a slow note but soon became a sleeper hit of 2010. Also Read: The Romantics: Amitabh Bachchan reveals Salim-Javed suggested Yash Chopra’s name for Deewaar

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