Today
(October
20,
2019),
Nargis
Fakhri
is
celebrating
her
40th
birthday.
Born
to
a
Czech
mother
and
Pakistani
father
in
1979,
Nargis
made
her
Bollywood
début
with
Imtiaz
Ali's
Rockstar
-
the
film
which
also
casted
Ranbir
Kapoor
in
the
lead
role
and
was
a
super-hit
at
the
box
office.
But
did
you
know
that
before
kick-starting
the
shoot
of
Rockstar,
she
was
a
bit
apprehensive
about
working
with
Ranbir?
So,
on
the
occasion
of
her
birthday,
we
bring
to
you
some
of
the
interesting
facts
about
her
related
to
her
début.
In
one
of
her
earlier
interviews,
Nargis
had
admitted
that
she
was
a
bit
apprehensive
about
working
with
Ranbir
Kapoor.
She
had
said,
"I
was
afraid
he
would
make
me
feel
like
I'm
not
good
enough." However,
after
working
with
Ranbir,
Nargis
called
him
a
very
caring
and
supportive
person.
In
2011,
Nargis
had
also
revealed
that
unlike
other
struggling
starlets,
she
was
actually
pursued
to
play
the
female
lead
in
Rockstar.
Recalling
her
first
tryst
with
director
Imtiaz
Ali,
Nargis
had
revealed
that
she
wasn't
very
keen
to
meet
him.
She
had
said,
"Because
the
appointment
was
fixed
in
Prague,
my
mother's
birthplace,
I
thought,
'Why
not?'
I
would
learn
more
about
my
mum's
culture,
enjoy
a
good
holiday
and
see
where
this
meeting
would
take
me."
Did
you
know
that
before
signing
Rockstar,
Nargis
hardly
knew
how
to
speak
Hindi
fluently?
Let
us
tell
you
that
the
actress
learnt
the
language
within
three
months.
She
had
revealed,
"It
took
me
just
three
months
to
pick
up
Hindi.
I
guess
I'm
a
fast
learner
when
it
comes
to
languages,"
she
boasts.
But
the
real
challenge
was
acting
in
front
of
so
many
people
on
a
set
for
the
first
time:
"It
was
really
tough.
I
was
lucky
Imtiaz
took
me
under
his
wing."
Filmibeat
wishes
a
very
happy
birthday
to
the
gorgeous
actress!