Nora Fatehi Opens Up About Rejection From Yash Raj Films: 'They Said I’m Not That Good’

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Bollywood sensation Nora Fatehi, star of Madgaon Express, opens up about her journey from Canada to the heart of India’s film industry. Sharing her experiences with rejection, including a tough audition for Yash Raj Films, Nora reveals how resilience and self-growth helped her rise above...Read More

Bollywood star Nora Fatehi shares her journey from Canada to stardom in India.
Bollywood star Nora Fatehi shares her journey from Canada to stardom in India.

Bollywood star and dancer Nora Fatehi, recently seen in the comedy Madgaon Express, reflected on her arduous journey to success. Opening up about her path from Canada to stardom in the Indian film industry, Nora shared insights into her experiences with rejection and the resilience that helped her rise above it.

Recounting a particularly discouraging audition, Nora revealed in an interview with Rajeev Masand at the Indian Festival of Melbourne, “I remember once I went for an audition. This was for a Yash Raj Films. I really spent weeks mugging the lines… I was like, ‘I killed it’. They didn’t call me back, the feedback was, ‘She is not that good’. I remember hearing that… I just broke my cellphone, shattering it into pieces in anger."

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    That moment of frustration marked a turning point for Nora, prompting her to embrace patience and timing in her career. “Everyone has their time, and when that time comes, all the doors are going to open. But if I keep forcing doors that are not meant to be open for me then it’s not going to help me." Looking back, Nora realized her reaction to rejection was overblown, especially since the projects she didn’t get didn’t perform well. “When those movies released, they flopped, or they were disastrous projects, and I was like, ‘Oh my God, did I cry for that project? I broke my phone for that film?’ That (film) could have destroyed my non-existing career. So I learnt to let go."

    Nora also addressed the pitfall of adopting a victim mentality as an industry outsider. “Sometimes, when we are outsiders, it happens to me too, we have victim mentality, ‘you know I am an outsider…’, it is easy to fall into that." Yet, her approach has been to channel her energy into growth and persistence. “But if you come out of the victim mentality and you put more of your energy into improving yourself, trust me, if they say no to you four times, the fifth time they’ll say yes because your persistence makes them go, ‘Who’s this girl, how is she so confident?’ It’s helped me."

    Originally from Canada, Nora Fatehi ventured into the Indian film industry and rose to fame despite facing initial rejections and challenges as an outsider. Her breakthrough came through her performances in blockbuster item songs like ‘Dilbar’ in Satyameva Jayate and ‘Garmi’ in Street Dancer 3D, which garnered millions of views and cemented her reputation as a formidable dancer.

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