WHY MAHIE DREADS GIVING AUDITIONS

The actor reveals that she rejects films that require her to audition because she gets nervous about it

Actor Mahie Gill doesn’t believe in going on a signing spree and taking up a lot of films at the same time. All she wants is good work and interesting roles. But there’s one more thing that’s holding her back from being on the big screen more often. The actor reveals, “I’m not a very confident person. There’s no shame in asking for work but I just lack confidence. That’s the problem with me. I’m a very different person when I’m on [film] set and in my costume, but otherwise, I’m a boring person.”

Not just this, the Dev D (2009) actor feels that the very word audition gives her cold feet. “If anybody offers me for a role and asks me to audition for it, I leave that film. It’s like how one feels during exams. I get tensed and start fumbling. I keep telling people that if I had given the audition for Dev D, I would have never got the part. The moment the word audition comes or I’m in front of the camera, I forget everything,” she shares.

Asked if she has never given formal auditions, Mahie says that was all before Dev D. “And, I used to fail every time. I’d forget my lines or stammer. I know people get amused and say ‘she has done theatre but she can’t speak a word’. It’s not because I can’t speak; of course I can, I’ve performed on stage. It’s just that the idea of audition gives me fright and I am not comfortable with it,” she adds.

All set for her next release, Tigmanshu Dhulia’s Saheb Biwi Aur Gansgter 3, Mahie adds that she’s not been in touch with the filmmaker for many years.

“Our last film was in 2013 and after that, there was no phone call to Tigmanshu sir from my side. Not that I didn’t want to — I want to meet people — but I don’t know how to go about it. I just assume that if I call someone, the person might be busy and I don’t want to disturb them. That’s always at the back of my mind,” she says.

MAHIE GILL SAYS THAT THE IDEA OF AUDITION SCARES HER TERRIBLY