In a career spanning over a decade, Nora Fatehi may have successfully carved her own niche, owing to her phenomenal dancing skills. However, things were not rosy for the Madgaon Express actor when she arrived in India. Fatehi, who was seen in films like Rocky Handsome, Satyameva Jayate, Stree, Batla House, An Action Hero and Crakk, among others, makes no bones about discussing her struggling days.
During an appearance on Mashable India’s The Bombay Journey, she reminisced, “I came to India with only Rs 5,000 in my pocket. I didn’t even know what 1000 dollars was like.”
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Fatehi also spoke about living with nine girls in a Mumbai apartment, calling the experience “traumatic”. “I lived with nine psychopaths in a three BHK apartment where I shared the room with two other girls. During my stay there, I used to think, ‘What have I got myself into?’ I am still traumatised,” she shared.
The 32-year-old actor-dancer also opened up about the “rough experience” with agencies who paid her meagre salaries. “The agency would deduct a lot of money and pay me meagre salaries. I survived on one egg and bread. It was a rough time. I needed therapy. The struggle was really bad. They would charge you a commission and deduct money for even breathing. Some of the agencies exploit you and there are no laws to protect you,” she lamented.
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In a 2019 interview with Zee News, Fatehi had shared, “The agency, that I used to work with, would only give me Rs 3000 per week. And managing my day-to-day routine within the given amount was really difficult for me. But I managed it smartly so that I didn’t run out of money by the end of the week (sic).”
Nora Fatehi, Avinash Tiwary, Pratik Gandhi, Divyenndu and Chhaya Kadam were recently seen in Madgaon Express, directed by Kunal Kemmu.
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