Gauahar Khan reveals she lost out on a role in Oscar-winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire' due to THIS reason

Actress Gauahar Khan recently revealed that she lost out on a role in the film 'Slumdog Millionaire' because she was 'too good looking for it.'

In an interview with Film Companion, Gauahar said being good looking did not guarantee success and narrated her experience with Danny Boyle when he could not 'place her' in a slum with her 'face'.

"One of the biggest projects I lost in my life was because I was too good looking for it, and it was Slumdog Millionaire. I have met Danny Boyle, and I have done five rounds of auditions for it. After the fifth round he said 'you’re a fantastic actor, are you sure you’re trained in India?' At that time, I had hardly any experience, and I said 'I’ve trained in India'. He said, 'you speak like an actor who is from out of India, not from India, so how do you have this experience?’ I said ‘sir I don’t know, I just try and do it every single day’. He said ‘you are such a fab actor but somehow I won’t be able to cast you here because I have to match three age groups and I can’t place you in a Slumdog Millionaire with your face," Gauahar said.

The former 'Bigg Boss' winner also revealed that her character in 'Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year' was required to be ‘not good-looking’.

"In Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year the endeavour was to make me not so good-looking. Shimit Sir (director) would say put more pink colour on her eyes and cheeks, and put more jarring lipstick on her, because that was the look, the character. She was not meant to look super good-looking… Shimit Sir would still say ‘she’s still looking too pretty, put more make-up on her," Gauahar said as quoted by Hindustan Times.

Over the years, the model-turned-actress has managed to find her fan base in every section of the audience. She is currently seen in the web series 'Salt City' in which she plays the role of Gunjan.