Lesser known facts about the ‘Dangal’ actress Fatima Sana Shaikh

Interning with Aamir Khan

After ‘Dangal’, now Fatima will be interning with Aamir Khan for a year. We are sure the actress will be back on the screen with another great role soon.

Struggle to get ‘Dangal’

Everyone would have been thinking that as Fatima was already an experienced actress, she would have easily got the film. However, she had to stand in long queues for the audition, before getting selected to play Geeta Phogat.

Fatima worked as photographer

Fatima was giving auditions, but was not getting work as an actor. So, she had started working as a photographer. She also worked as an assistant cinematographer for a couple of ad films.

Her stint on television

Fatima has also been a part of the famous television show ‘Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo’.

The actress’ films as an adult

We all are thinking that ‘Dangal’ is Fatima’s first film as an adult, but let us tell you that she was also a part of films like ‘Tahaan’, ‘Bittoo Boss’ and ‘Akaash Vani’. However, she was not ina lead role in these films.

Fatima was there in ‘Chachi 420’ and ‘One 2 Ka 4’ as a child artiste

Fatima Sana Shaikh was a part of Kamal Haasan’s ‘Chachi 420’ and Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘One 2 Ka 4’ as child artiste. Well, it was the former that gave her fame. But, Fatima concentrated on her studies before coming back to Bollywood.