You might know him as Guddu Pandit, but to us, he will always be our beloved Joy Lobo from 3 Idiots. Ali Fazal made his Bollywood debut in Aamir Khan and Rajkumar Hirani’s acclaimed film 3 Idiots. Recently, Fazal, who is soon to be a dad, recalled how he got the role.
On Raj Shamani’s podcast, Ali Fazal talked about his debut role as Joy Lobo. He said, “I was doing a play in Bombay when I received a call from Raju Sir’s office for an audition. I went in, read the part, and he watched it. I vaguely recall that he had seen one of my plays before and may have called me based on that”. After the audition, Fazal recorded the song Give Me Some Sunshine. While on the train, he listened to the song, and within a day or two, Raju Sir confirmed him for the role. It was then he realised the enormity of cinema.
He mentioned that after the audition, he quietly recorded the song Give Me Some Sunshine. While on the train, he listened to it, and within a day or two, Raju Sir confirmed him for the role. That’s when he realised how big cinema could be. In the same podcast, Ali Fazal talked about his pre-acting days and one of his most creative odd jobs. He recalled a time when he bought burgers and resold them without saying where they came from. When asked why people didn’t just buy the burgers directly, Ali said he made it convenient by delivering them to people’s homes, calling it a proper sales job.
On the professional front, Ali Fazal was last seen in Khufiya. He’s now gearing up for the third season of Mirzapur, where he’ll reprise his role as Guddu Pandit. The show features a stellar cast, including Pankaj Tripathi, Rasika Dugal, Shweta Tripathi, Vijay Varma, Isha Talwar and others.
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