Rocky Aur Rani actor Anjali Anand recalls when she was accused of getting work in exchange for sexual favours

Anjali said that with Gayatri, she felt that “there was an opportunity to turn the page and make that person come out and say it.” The scene in which Gayatri confronts her family for calling her ‘Golu’ all her life and attacking her self-confidence has been praised by the audience. “I don’t think I am less than the next person just because I look a certain way. I have complete faith in my talent and intent. I know what I bring to the table,” she said.

Before the Karan Johar film, Anjali had appeared in many hit television shows. She recalled that 10 years ago, when she enrolled herself in acting school, people would tell her that she could never become an actor. Anjali said that even back then, she knew what she wanted, and did not want to settle for less. “I said, ‘I don’t want to be the best friend who is eating burgers on the side, I want to be the lead of the show or whatever I am doing’.” She eventually landed lead roles in TV shows such as Dhai Kilo Prem and Kulfi Kumar Bajewala.

She shared that when she landed her second TV show as a lead, people suspected that she had gotten it in exchange of sexual favours and even said that to her on social media. “When I got Kufi, which was my second show, people have DMed me, 100s of DMs saying ‘Who gives a fat girl a second show as a lead? I am sure she must be sleeping with someone’. And I am wondering, these people think you won’t get work without sleeping with someone? It is stupid that we are still talking about all of this.”

Anjali’s work in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani has received a lot of love from the audience. She intends on booking more jobs after the praise she has received for this one.