Actress
Sonam
Kapoor
says
she
turned
down
a
modelling
offer
by
ace
photographer-producer
Atul
Kasbekar
to
pursue
a
career
in
acting.
Sonam,
daughter
of
actor
Anil
Kapoor,
forayed
into
Bollywood
with
Ranbir
Kapoor
in
2007
with
Saawariya.
During
an
appearance
on
an
episode
of
"Vogue
BFFs",
she
said:
"I
remember
it
was
at
a
party
which
was
for
a
cosmetic
company,
in
2006,
I
think.
This
tall
person
walks
up
to
me
--
which
is
Atul
--
and
he's
like,
'Oh
my
God,
do
you
want
to
model?'
I
had
just
started
acting
in
Saawariya.
And
I
wasn't
out
at
all,
publicly,
because
my
parents
had
kept
me
away
from
the
press
and
the
paps
(paparazzi)
and
everything."
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"So
nobody
knew
what
I
looked
like
or
anything," the
Khoobsurat
star
added.
"One
of
my
friends
was
a
make-up
artist,
so
I
just
went
for
her
party,
just
for
fun!
Nobody
took
pictures
of
me
at
that
point.
And
I
have
Atul
walking
up
to
me
and
saying,
'Do
you
want
to
model?'
So
I
told
him,
'I
am
already
acting
in
a
movie!'."
To
that,
Kasbekar
told
her:
"Ok,
good...good."
The
actress,
who
is
known
for
her
fashion
sense
and
brazen
honesty,
has
made
a
place
for
herself
in
Bollywood
with
films
like
Neerja,
Raanjhana,
Bhaag
Milkha
Bhaag
and
Prem
Ratan
Dhan
Payo.With
inputs
from
IANS.