Big director asked Dhurandhar’s Ayesha Khan to fix her nose, teeth if she wants work: ‘Who are you to tell me?’

Ayesha Khan shared that she was asked to get her nose and teeth fixed if she was interested in getting more work opportunities.

Ayesha Khan was recently seen in Dhurandhar. (Photo: Ayesha Khan/Instagram)

By: Entertainment Desk
New Delhi | Updated: December 14, 2025 07:34 AM IST

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Ayesha Khan, who was recently seen in Dhurandhar in the song ‘Shararat’, has opened up about the time when she was asked to get her nose fixed if she wanted to get more work. Ayesha was seen in Jaat earlier this year, and is now looking forward to the release of Kapil Sharma-starrer Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2. Ayesha said that she is quite secure about the way she looks and revealed that such kind of negative comments often come from those who don’t have a say in putting projects together.

Speaking to Galatta India, Ayesha said, “I never had a director tell me this. It was always a coordinator, or some random person, who was telling me this. One person told me, ‘You need to change your nose’ and I was like, ‘What is that comment even?’ Firstly, I love my nose and I feel I have a beautiful nose, and secondly, who are you to tell me that I need to change my nose.” Ayesha added, “These are the kind of people who have nothing better to do with their lives. What else are they going to do?”

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Ayesha recalled another incident where she was asked to change her teeth. She shared that this happened when she was auditioning for a horror film and she was told that had this not been a hooror project, she would have to change her teeth. She shared, “I remember that I had gone for a casting session for a film and the director had come for it. This was a very famous director. I was very excited for the meeting and it was supposed to be a horror film. They asked me to audition then and there and I did it. He was very happy with it.”

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Ayesha said that she was told that she was going to get selected for the project but they also said something negative about her appearance. “Then they told me that since this is a horror film, it’s fine; otherwise, you would have to get your teeth changed. And I was there thinking, ‘Did he just say that?’ I was so happy, smiling before that,” she said.

In Dhurandhar, Ayesha shares screen space with Krystle D’Souza in the dance number ‘Shararat’. She shared a social media post thanking director Aditya Dhar which read, “Am I a part of ‘DHURANDAR’??? Someone please pinch me!!! Watched the movie yesterday and I have no words to describe the world that @adityadharfilms has created!! 15 minutes in the Film and you forget that the ‘ACTORS’ are ‘STARS’ All you see is the world and the characters Aditya sir and team has built!! @mukeshchhabracc forever grateful, Thank you for making me a part of this!!”