On a Date with Nargis Fakhri: Part 1 : Bollywood News

DP: And now youre used to pollution, population and lots of cows on the streets.

NF: (laughs) That was a very interesting thing when I first came here. I was like - Is there really a cow on the street? And theres traffic on the streets because of the cow.

DP: Imagine a cow caught on your navigator while driving.

NF: Yea! We arent going to take that street because there are cows there (laughs). Weird for me but not for you I suppose. Where are you from?

DP: Born and raised in Mumbai. Spent almost a decade in London writing and now I am here continuing my date.

NF: Wow! Thats awesome.

DP: But where were you spotted first? Make it short.

NF: Ok! Ill make it short. I was an international model. Ive lived all over the world - New Zealand, Thailand, Hong Kong, London and everywhere you can think of. I received an email asking me to meet Imtiaz Ali for a lead role in his movie. I was confused back then. But we were emailing each other for the past two days. I guess the AD thought that I was living in India, courtesy my name Nargis. She presumed I was a Desi girl and I told her no, no, no. But I refused to come to India as I was living at that time in Copenhagen.

DP: You refused?

NF: Yea! I wasnt going all the way to India to meet Imtiaz. No way. Not from Copenhagen. But while he was scouting in Prague, and since I was only an hour away from Prague, I thought Id visit him. Also, my mother is from Prague. Shes a Czech and I thought Id visit her too. But before meeting him, I checked on Google whether he had created something legit. The next thing I knew was that I was in love with the movie. I tell my friends that I saw the movie even before it was made. I could feel it. I could see it in my narration with Imtiaz.