Mumbai, July 20, 2026
Actress Amrita Rao’s iconic role as Poonam in Sooraj Barjatya’s ‘Vivah’ enjoys a special place in the hearts of movie buffs. During a media interaction, Amrita had recalled how she bagged the role.
Remembering her first meeting with the celebrated director, she revealed that, unaware of the role she was being approached for, she went to meet Barjatya wearing in jeans and t-shirt.
“When I met Suraj ji for the first time, I had no clue what his expectations were for me, what form he wanted to see me in. I had no idea. So I went dressed completely in western jeans and a t-shirt like a total contemporary Bombayite to find that the role he wants me to enact is a small town girl from Madhupur who is Poonam”, she shared.
Amrita further remembered how she was left absolutely shocked that Barjatya thought of her for ‘Vivah’, after seeing her in ‘Legend of Bhagat Singh’, a movie where she barely had any screen time.
Sharing the first thing the director told her, Amrita continued, “But one thing I really, really will not forget is the first thing Suraj ji said to me was, ‘I really liked you in that film of yours’. And in that split second, you know, my mind went to all the big box office hit films that I’ve usually been associated with. But to my surprise, he said something like ‘Legend of Bhagat Singh’, you know, jaha pe kul mila kar I think screen pe I was just barely enough for seven minutes. So that was very touchy because that role had made an impact on someone like Sooraj Barjatya.”
‘Vivah’ turned out to be the biggest commercial success at that point for the lead pair of the drama, Amrita Rao and Shahid Kapoor.
Produced and distributed by Rajshri Productions, ‘Vivah’ is the first Indian film to be simultaneously released in theatres and on the internet.(Agency)
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