Vidya Malavade says she was approached to play Sidharth Malhotra’s mother, found it ‘weird’: ‘How is the brain working?’

Recently, Richa Chadha, in an interview with ABPLive, had revealed that she was offered the role of Hrithik Roshan’s mother by a casting director when she was only 21 years old. She said, “Not only are you doing a disservice to a young actor, you are also taking away an older actor’s part which is already shrinking.”

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Vidya Malavade said that she has been rejected on multiple grounds and while she takes it on her chin almost every time, it has started to irritate her now. In the same chat, Vidya also recalled how Imtiaz Ali found her to be “too glamorous” when he was finalising the casting for Sony LIV’s Dr Arora. Vidya said that they wanted someone who looks like a “middle class housewife from the heartland of the country”. The actor said that she sent in her photos and even those didn’t work. She shared that she called her house help and borrowed her saree and clicked some photos, which eventually helped her in landing the part.

Vidya will soon be seen in Aayush Sharma-starrer Ruslaan. She will also be seen in the third season on Netflix’s Mismatched.