Mumbai: Emerging Bollywood actress Fatima Sana Sheikh has said that she is interested in working in such films as Alia Bhatt’s ‘Gangu Bai Kathiawari’ and Kangana Ranaut’s ‘Queen’.
According to Fatima, she takes films that are a reflection of a person, and she wants to make a film that has a script attached to it.
In a recent interview, Fatima Sana Sheikh also talked about her work experience in various films and said that she wants to work more, and feels that the more you work, the better.
Talking about the movie Dingal, he said that he learned wrestling because of this movie, while he understood and learned archery from the movie Thugs of Hindustan.
According to Fatima, she had a very interesting time with director Anu Rag Basu during the shooting of Ludo and learned a lot from Raj Kumar Rao during the journey. While Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari director Amit Sharma and Manoj Bajpayee have become his family members.
Who is Fatima Sana Sheikh?
Fatima Sana Shaikh was born in Mumbai, India, to Hindu Brahman Father, Vipen Sharma, and Muslim Mother, Raj Tabassum. She was enrolled to St. Xavier High School in Mumbai for her primary education and later to Mithibai College, Mumbai for higher education.
Shaikh began her film career with the 1997 film Chachi 420 with Kamal Hasan. She played the role of Bharti, Jaiprakash Paswan a.k.a. Jai and Janki Paswan’s daughter. Though she has been acting since 1997, she has scaled new heights of fame and success now after playing the role of Geeta Phogat in Aamir Khan’s movie and also sharing the screen with the star.
She is a fan of Brian Weiss. Her favorite books include Only Love Is Real, Many Lives, Many Masters.
In early 2015, she almost gave up her acting dreams for cinematography, as she was jobless for last 3 years. But, in April 2015, she auditioned for Dangal (2016), and after 6 rounds she got selected.