Just as Anurag Kashyap was wondering whom to cast as a younger version of his discovery Tejaswini Kolhapure in his next venture ‘Ugly’, he chanced upon a photograph of Alia Bhatt. The ‘Student of the Year’ actress looked surprisingly like a young Tejaswini, he found.
But still he was hesitant about asking the bright young star to do a cameo, and was pleasantly surprised when she agreed without any starry tantrums.
Alia readily shot for the role, which required only one day. And lest you think it was an item number, perish the thought. It’s just a scene or two.
