145;In class, she was reserved146;

An aspiring actress, the woman had enrolled for the three-month course in acting, voice modulation, dramatics, mime, singing, yoga and dance at Kapoor8217;s acting lab. And was referred to Kapoor by Tiwariji, business manager to actors Feroz Khan, Fardeen Khan, Zayed Khan and Riteish Deshmukh.

Tiwar remembered her as a soft-spoken and ambitious girl. 8216;8216;I met her eight months ago at J W Marriott. She came across as a well-mannered girl from a well-to-do family,8217;8217; he said. 8216;8216;She asked me all kinds of questions about getting a break in Bollywood. But I told her to learn Hindi first and advised her to enroll in Kapoor8217;s acting classes.8217;8217; In class, she preferred her own company. 8216;8216;She is quite reserved and also a little gullible when it came to people,8217;8217; added Mishra.

She didn8217;t take Hindi lightly and listed it as her most preferred language followed by English and French in her admission form.

Of Indian origin8212;she holds a multiple-entry visa8212;the woman has been in Mumbai since October 2005 and resides in an apartment in Lokhandwala, Andheri. According to her lawyer Falguni Brahmabhatt, she8217;s a graduate in media marketing management. Her father is a businessman based in Westville, Durban, and she has two elder sisters.

Serious about her Bollywood aspirations, she paid Rs 35,000 for the acting course and ensures she catches almost all major Hindi films.

8216;8216;She is really curious about Bollywood and only wants to play lead roles, not just dance on an item number,8217;8217; said a batchmate.