An Instagram post simply asking for work led to the beginning of Neena Gupta's glorious second innings in the movie business. That post led to her being cast as Ayushmann Khurana's mother in the film 'Badhaai Ho'. In the film, Neena's character gets pregnant at an age when society expects her to embrace grandmotherhood. The film, which was recognised at the National Awards as well marks the beginning of Neena's second life in the movies.  Following her stellar performance, she went on to feature in films like 'Goodbye', 'Masaba Masaba 2', Panchayat,'Unchai', 'Shubh Mangala Zyada Savdhaan', 'Kaagaz 2', and others. 

Neena Gupta was, however, not the first person to go out there and ask for work. Much before social media became a thing, legendary star Amitabh Bachchan too asked for work and requested filmmakers to cast him when he went through lean a phase and was also struggling financially. A rather difficult thing to believe, right?