Veteran Marathi actor Usha Nadkarni, best remembered for her roles in popular television shows like ‘Pavitra Rishta’ and was last seen in celebrity Master Chef has now revealed that she rejected Zoya Akhtar‘s ‘Gully Boy’ which starred Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt. The actress revealed the reason she turned down the role was because she felt disrespected when she was asked to audition for the film.According to Usha, she has faced similar situations multiple times in her career, but she refuses to tolerate being belittled. She explained that production houses should at least take the effort to study an actor’s body of work before calling them in. She said during a chat with Pinkvilla, “There was a movie called ‘Gully Boy’, and someone called me in for an audition. I asked him how old he is, he said he’s 25. I told him, ‘I’ve been working for longer than your mother has been alive’. Main aise faaltu kaam karti nahi audition dene ka. I asked who the director is, and he told me. I said, ‘Bade baap ki beti hai na. Mera kaam dekh. Computer pe naam laga mera, phir maalum padega maine kya kya kiya hai (She’s the daughter of a big man, isn’t she. I told him to tell her to look me up, and she’ll know who I am and what I’ve done)’.”The veteran didn’t hold back when talking about her experiences with younger assistants either. “These assistant director kids think they’re special. But they can’t string two sentences together. Once, they called me in for another audition, and I reached the location and saw two kids sitting there. They didn’t even have the courtesy to offer me a chair. Their parents didn’t teach them manners. They told me the person I’d come to meet was busy, and handed me a script to read for them. I hurled the script and walked out. These people drive me mad. Saamne waale ki aukaat dekho aur phir bolo audition dene ko. Call me arrogant, but I’m not wrong.” Recently, Nadkarni was seen on Ankita Lokhande’s Youtube channel where she spoke to her about living alone. She was telling her, “Ghar mein akeli hoon na, darr lagta hai mein girungi, kisko malum nahi padega,” she shared with emotion. “My brother passed away last year on June 30. If he had understood that I was going through something, he would have come running to me. Now, whom should I tell?”
