Aayush Sharma, who made his Bollywood debut in ‘Love Yatri,’ recently revealed that he was a background dancer in Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone’s ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.’ He shared that he initially aspired to become an assistant director or casting director to gain access to film sets.
During an interview with Bollywood Bubble, Aayush reminisced about his experience as a background dancer in ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.’ He said: ‘The first time I came to Mehboob Studios was for ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.’ Someone told me, ‘Why are you working as a background dancer?’ I said that I wanted to see what a film set looks like and to see how the shoots happen. I couldn’t find a job as an assistant director. At one point, I wanted to become a casting director, thinking that I could get on the set through this. I remember that I had a shoot for ‘YJHD’ at Mehboob Studios. It was a beautiful moment as there were 300-400 background dancers and I was one of them. Then I saw Manish Malhotra, Deepika Padukone, Kalki Koechlin, and then I saw Ranbir Kapoor entering the set for the ‘Dilliwali girlfriend’ song shoot.’
Aayush also recalled an audition where a director rudely asked him to leave. He said: ‘I hold my memories close to me. It’s funny sometimes to think that some casting directors have rejected me before and now when I meet them, they tell me that I liked your films. They don’t even remember that they rejected me before.’ He added that there was one director who even told him to ‘get out.’
Despite these setbacks, Aayush persevered and has now established himself as a leading actor in Bollywood. His upcoming film, ‘Ruslaan,’ which also features Jagapathi Babu, Sushrii Mishraa, and Vidya Malavade, is set to release on April 26.
