Actor Arjan Bajwa revealed in an interview that his Fashion co-star Priyanka Chopra Jonas had first watched his audition on a laptop placed on the bonnet of a car in a parking lot. While talking to Times NowHe said that the ‘Quantico’ actor was very appreciative of his work and asked him to never change his profession. 

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Bajwa, who made his Bollywood breakthrough with Madhur Bhandarkar’s Fashion in 2008, went on to share some anecdotes about Priyanka Chopra Jonas. 

“I remember that time UTV was producing the film (Fashion) and UTV people had a DVD of mine which had (his) audition for some other film. Priyanka herself told me that, after watching some movie in a preview theatre, UTV producers and executive producers on the film showed her the DVD of mine in the night after the show got over, putting the laptop on the bonnet of a car in the parking lot,” he told Times Now.

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While Bajwa had worked in the Telugu film industry and also played Arzan Contractor in the critically acclaimed film ‘Guru’, it was ‘Fashion’ that acted as his gateway into mainstream Bollywood. He played a model, Maanav Bhasin, in the film that also starred Kangana Ranaut and Mugdha Godse. 

Talking about the way he was first introduced to Chopara Jonas, Bajwa said, “She must have asked yaar, kaun hai mere opposite? (who is opposite me?)They told her that he is a fairly new guy, who has done a few films. So, she said that ‘I saw your audition which you had done and you were fantastic and it was really amazing. It was an audition for Anurag Kashyap’s film Gulaal. That, I think she saw and she was really appreciative.”

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He further spoke about a message he received from the ‘Desi Boyz’ star.”One night I remember, I was shooting in Hyderabad after Fashion got over, I was shooting for something. Middle of the night, she must be dubbing for the film Fashion and she sent me a sweet message saying that ‘I was just dubbing and I saw a scene of yours and you were fantastic. Please do not ever think of changing your profession. You know, I am really impressed by what you just did, you are a fantastic actor,'” he said.

Arjan Bajwa was also a part of the Kabir Singh cast. He is set to feature in an untitled series opposite Shruti Haasan.