{"id":295428,"date":"2026-02-17T09:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/295428\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T09:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:04:07","slug":"mrunal-thakur-on-chasing-opportunities-as-an-outsider-aditya-dhar-was-the-1st-director-i-approached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/295428\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrunal Thakur on chasing opportunities as an outsider: \u2018Aditya Dhar was the 1st director I approached\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mrunal Thakur<\/a>, who began her acting career nearly 15 years ago, admits that her early years as an outsider in Bollywood were challenging. In a new interview, she revealed that over time, she learned to shed her inhibitions and proactively seek opportunities to grow as an actor. Her upcoming film, Do Deewane Seher Mein, is a result of this approach, as she personally reached out to director Ravi Udyawar.<\/p>\n

\"MrunalMrunal Thakur said that she isn’t shy to reach out to directors and pursue her career goals.Mrunal Thakur on chasing roles as an outsider<\/p>\n

Her upcoming film, Do Deewane Seher Mein, directed by Ravi Udyawar and backed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali<\/a>, came about because she reached out to the director directly. \u201cAfter watching Mom, I told Ravi sir that I want to work with him. I even made a pitch: \u2018Sir, toh hum next kab film kar rahe hai?\u2019 I\u2019ve learned to be very vocal about these things, and I would like to believe I\u2019m here today because I had the courage,\u201d she told <\/a>News18.<\/p>\n

For Mrunal, taking the initiative isn\u2019t new. She recalls that Aditya Dhar, whose latest film, Dhurandhar, impressed her, was actually the first director she ever approached for work. \u201cOpportunities didn\u2019t come to me easily. I had to create them, chase them, make sure my face was seen by directors and say, \u2018Sir, main hoon! Kisi na kisi din cast kar lena please.\u2019 When I spoke to Aditya sir after Dhurandhar, I told him I\u2019ll always remember that day. I didn\u2019t know how to ask for work properly back then,\u201d she shares.<\/p>\n

Mrunal says that she believes there is great value in taking a proactive approach to her career. She often reaches out to people she admires, even if she doesn\u2019t know them personally, finding ways to connect and express her interest. As an artist, she strives to have her work appreciated and seeks to collaborate with talent who can bring something unique to a project. According to her, when directors see an actor genuinely hungry for a role, it changes their perspective on the film, knowing the performer will give it their all.<\/p>\n

About Do Deewane Seher Mein<\/p>\n

Do Deewane Seher Mein revolves around an arranged marriage between two individuals navigating personal and physical insecurities, exploring how love, vulnerability, and self-acceptance shape their relationship. The film stars Mrunal Thakur and Siddhant Chaturvedi <\/a>in the lead roles, and is set to hit the theatres on 20 February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mrunal Thakur, who began her acting career nearly 15 years ago, admits that her early years as an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1558,458,149208,146,85,46,52230,88919,23941],"class_list":{"0":"post-295428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-bollywood","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-do-deewane-seher-mein","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-mrunal-thakur","15":"tag-ravi-udyawar","16":"tag-sanjay-leela-bhansali"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}