Ali Fazal on sharing the screen with Richa: I was a closet fan of hers

Ali Fazal. Picture/PR

There aren't many who don't know about Ali Fazal's web show Mirzapur. With the recently released second season of the cult classic show, fans don't seem to be getting enough of the characters immortalised by the talented cast of the show.

Ali Fazal recently spilled the beans on his journey and how acting happened by chance for him. Speaking about his career graph he says, "I was a bit of a geek. I was a science student and had broken my arm when I was in a boarding school and that's how I started acting. I think I have started to slowly believe that I lot of things happen by chance because I got thrust into the arts because of one injury. We had nothing else to do in school. My friend said, 'Tumhari Angrezi aachi hai so get into something and don't get into depression.'"

He added, "I was a basketball player and couldn't play sports anymore. So that's how it started. But I think there have been great opportunities for me. I did a bit of theatre. In fact, actually, nobody knows this but my first film was with Saeed Akhtar Mirza (Ek Tho Chance) it's not 3 idiots. This is a revelation that I'm making on the show. I then went on to do things that came my way."

Basking in the success of Mirzapur 2, Ali Fazal also spoke about his experience of working with different co-stars from Bollywood as well as Hollywood, "I worked with Vidya Balan in the movie Bobby Jasoos. The film did not do well, but I had a great time and even today our friendship remains the same. The most memorable time for me has been with Fukras because we've just become a family. And of course, I met Richa there and I really enjoyed sharing screen space with her, because I was a bit of a closet fan of hers. Pankaj Ji, because I get to learn a lot with him. Recently, Russell Brand, who I worked with on Death On The Nile and I think he is a certified genius. Judi Dench, of course."

Watch him chat on many more such aspects of his life and work in the latest episode of Filmfare Spotlight. New episodes every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 12 pm exclusively on the magazine's social media platforms.

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