It
was
one
'walk
in
the
room'
that
filmmaker
Sujoy
Ghosh
will
never
forget
in
his
entire
lifetime.
Busy
auditioning
dozens
of
girls
for
the
part
of
Jasmine
in
his
flick
Aladin,
produced
by
Eros
International,
and
Boundscript,
the
Jhankaar
Beats
director
was
eagerly
awaiting
that
one
face
which
could
make
him
lock
the
heroine
opposite
Riteish
Deshmukh.
However,
little
did
he
know
that
he
would
eventually
himself
get
tongue
tied
the
moment
he
would
come
across
someone
as
perfect
as
Jacqueline
Fernandez.
"Man,
it
was
one
moment
that
neither
me
nor
my
colleagues
will
ever
forget",
Sujoy
remembers,
"Here
we
were
waiting
endlessly
for
getting
Jasmine
for
our
Aladin
and
there
Jacqueline
walks
into
our
office.
Frankly,
it
was
a
Jim
Carrey
moment
a
la
The
Mask
as
our
eyes
literally
popped
out
and
we
were
left
speechless.
As
filmy
as
it
may
sound
but
at
the
very
moment
we
knew
that
we
had
found
our
'Jasmine'.
Her
exotic
looks
made
our
decision
so
simple
and
we
knew
that
it
was
end
of
our
entire
search."
The
girl
in
picture,
Jacqueline
herself,
wasn't
too
sure
about
that
though.
She
was
still
in
doubts
whether
she
would
actually
be
able
to
make
it,
courtesy
her
audition
which
she
believed
hadn't
gone
all
that
great.
"I
was
wondering
whether
I
had
made
a
laughing
stock
of
myself",
Jacqueline
laughs,
"It
was
my
first
month
in
the
city
and
here
I
am
asked
to
report
for
an
audition.
My
Hindi
wasn't
really
terrific
at
that
time
and
all
I
had
done
was
converse
a
little
with
auto
guys
for
transactional
purposes."
She
remembers
Sujoy
being
impressed
with
the
way
she
conducted
herself,
but
realizes
that
it
was
an
altogether
different
ball
game
when
it
came
to
acting.
"Frankly,
I
thought
my
audition
was
a
disaster",
Jacqueline
says
in
a
matter
of
fact
tone,
"I
thought
that
I
had
lost
all
my
prospects."
Well,
Sujoy
didn't
quite
share
the
same
sentiment,
as
no
sooner
did
she
land
home,
she
got
a
call
back
from
Sujoy.
"It
was
really
amazing.
I
was
so
excited
to
get
that
call
in
which
all
he
mentioned
was
that
he
wanted
complete
dedication
from
me
for
enacting
the
role
of
Jasmine.
In
fact
my
real
life
story
was
akin
to
a
copybook
fairy
tale
story." Hard
work
began
soon
after.
"Of
course,
there
was
no
way
I
could
have
let
go
of
such
a
huge
opportunity.
I
set
myself
up
on
the
task
there
and
then.
And
here
I
am
with
my
debut
film
being
just
a
few
days
away
from
release.
Yes,
it
has
been
a
fairy
tale
ride",
concludes
Jacqueline.