Almost Famous

Kaur’s journey to Mumbai has more or less mirrored her childhood fascination for Bollywood. “I like to believe in the magic of life. If you lead your life in a certain way,there is a bigger design,” she quips. Brought up in Delhi by a single parent,she moved to Mumbai to pursue her “love for performing arts” soon after a BCom (Honours) from Sri Ram College of Commerce. “To become an actor,I knew Mumbai was the place. I did not have a plan B. This is what I wanted from the start,” says Kaur,who lives in a one-bedroom apartment in Santacruz with her two cats — Kit Kat and Karamchand. It was the world of commercials and theatre that cushioned her,keeping her at arm’s length from the glamor of Bollywood. Over 85 auditions for commercials and three months later,Kaur landed her first campaign with Asian Paints. And then followed a series of campaigns such as the Kaya Skin Clinic and Aircel 3G; besides starring in a music video for Kumar Sanu and Shreya Ghoshal’s Tere Mera Pyaar.

Kaur knew early on that TV was not for her. “Being in Mumbai,feature films are not something you can pin your hopes on. But TV was not for me since I did not want to tie myself down to 27 days of continuous work,” says Kaur. Not having signed any other projects,Kaur is realistic about her role in cinema. “I am not in a space where stardom is a problem. I am coming in to be able to experiment and directors who want to cast me will see that,” she says.