Fatima Sana Shaikh won everyone’s heart with her excellent performance in the film ‘Dangal’. The actress who played the character of Geeta Phogat made a different identity in Bollywood through her excellent acting skills. The Hyderabad-born actress Fatima Sana Shaikh is celebrating her 29th birthday today. On this special occasion, we are going to tell you some interesting and unknown stories related to the life of ‘Dangal Girl.’
Fatima Sana Shaikh’s mother’s name is Raj Tabassum and she is a Kashmiri Muslim and her father’s name is Vipin Sharma, who belongs to a Hindu family. As a result, Fatima believes in both religions. People think Fatima’s debut movie was “Dangal.” However, she made her Bollywood debut in 1997 as a child artist with “Chachi 420”. She also acted in the film ‘One Two Ka Four’. In 2012, she wanted to make a comeback with films like ‘Bittu Boss’, ‘Table No. 21’ among others but she had no luck with those movies.
Apart from this, actress Fatima Sana Shaikh has also acted on the small screen in shows like ‘Best of Luck Nikki’, ‘Ladies Special’ and ‘Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo’. The actress has also worked in the South Indian film industry. But due to lack of success in any, the disappointed actress decided to leave the industry. During an interview, she told, “I love photography, so I wanted to leave acting and become a photographer.”
Let us tell you that she had also started pursuing her passion for photography. But then she got an offer for the film Dangal. To try her luck once again, she went to audition for the film Dangal. She was finally selected for the role of Geeta Phogat after being skimmed through six rounds of the audition.
Sharing her views about marriage, the actress told in an interview that she never wants to get married as she doesn’t believe in it. She said that if you want to live with someone, then there is no need to prove that relationship by writing in any document. Marrying someone on a document does not mean that you really love that person.