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First Day First Shot! ‘Saaho’ fame Damini Chopra reveals her working experience with Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor

A theatre artist and classical dancer, Damini Chopra did her unde... Read More
Popular model and Instagram sensation,

Damini Chopra

made her silver screen debut by essaying the role of a cop in Prabhas’ multilingual actioner ‘Saaho’. Sharing the screen alongside established actors like Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor, the debutante belle played her short role to perfection and looked beautiful on the silver screen. Not many know that the director of

Saaho

, Sujeeth Reddy bumped into Damini on the streets of Bandra and immediately decided to cast her in the film.

A theatre artist and classical dancer, Damini Chopra did her undergraduate degree in English Literature at the renowned

Harvard University

in Boston. Talking to E Times about her first day experience on the sets of Saaho, the beauty with brains said “I still remember it. I was very nervous on the first day as I had to say my dialogues to Prabhas. Despite being a massive superstar, he was so down-to-earth and very helpful. He made sure that I felt at ease before him.”

“When I was holding the script on the first day, my hands were literally shaking. However, at that moment, I knew that my theatre experience and preparation would certainly kick-in and also, the thought that I had trained for so long to perform. That was it. All my nerves were gone and I remember the feeling at the end of first day’s shoot - I was grinning from ear to ear.”

Talking about Shraddha Kapoor, she said “Shraddha is the sweetest person to be around. I have learnt a lot from her. She is always ready to help you with lines and cues.”

Opening up about her upcoming projects, the

bold bombshell

said “I’m in talks for a couple of films and once the lockdown gets lifted, I could announce it officially. I should head to Chennai after the government permits film shootings.”
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