MUMBAI: Here’s a Tuesday Trivia for you. Telly fame Divya Agarwal had acted as a body-double for Bolly actress Katrina Kaif. Not only this, she was also a part of Student of the Year as an extra.
In a recent interview, she shared, “There was a coordinator who called me looking at my pictures. At the age of 15 in Navi Mumbai, I had my own dance studio and 700 students were there. We were pretty famous as dance teachers and choreographers. They told me that we can get a part in SOTY. I was shocked. When we went there, we saw that we were required as backgrounders. I was like ok let’s try this too.”.
“I convinced my best friend to come with me. There I saw Alia Bhatt, Siddharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan, observing them and I was in awe of them. I also saw Rishi Kapoor Sir and felt happy to see him work closely. I also saw Ram Kapoor Sir. I was like this is great.”.
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After this, she also did a few films and then shared her experience of working as Katrina Kaif’s body-double. Divya said, “Working behind the camera was always fun for me. I love cinema and I will just be there. I worked as Katrina’s body-double in perfume and soap ads. Her height and body was very much similar to me. So it was easier for them to adjust lighting and everything. It was a crazy experience and I did that for a year.”.
When asked if she conversed with Katrina, Divya replied, “No. She is a very different person on set. Once her work is done, she will straight go to her vanity. She wouldn’t chit-chat and be in her zone. There are many actors I know who are not talkative. If I enter a set, I am all over the place and be in my zone once the camera is on. But it was nice, same height, same body, bada maza aata tha.”.
Credit: Bombay Times
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