In
her
recent
tete-a-tete
with
an
entertainment
portal,
actress
Fatima
Sana
Shaikh
revealed
that
she
was
let
down
by
many
people
over
her
look,
and
was
rejected
for
many
films
before
making
it
big
with
Aamir
Khan's
Dangal.
Fatima
Sana
Shaikh
told
Pinkvilla,
"I
have
been
rejected
many
times,
but
then
I
got
Dangal.
So,
I
have
done
character
roles,
I
have
played
small
roles.
I've
done
TV.
I've
done
everything."
When
asked
about
the
meanest
things
ever
said
to
her,
Fatima
said,
"I've
been
told
multiple
times
that
I
can't
be
a
heroine,
because
I
don't
look
like
Deepika
(Padukone)
or
Aishwarya
(Rai
Bachchan).
There
are
people
like
them
who
have
demotivated
me."
Fatima
further
said
that
she
understands
people
who
used
to
think
that
she
can't
be
a
heroine.
She
added
that
she
has
come
to
terms
that
she
doesn't
need
to
be
in
the
same
bracket
of
Deepika
or
Aishwarya,
but
she
can
be
in
a
different
bracket
and
still
be
relevant
in
the
industry.
"There
are
opportunities.
There
are
films
being
made
for
people
like
me,
who
don't
look
like
super-models,
but
look
average," averred
Fatima.
Fatima,
who
achieved
fame
post
the
release
of
Dangal,
also
said
that
before
the
release
of
the
film,
she
used
to
feel
that
she
can't
be
a
star,
but
she
can
try
to
be
an
actor.
She
also
said
that
she
had
changed
her
reality
and
lowered
her
standards.
However,
when
she
came
on
board
for
Dangal,
she
realised
that
everything's
possible
and
she
should
not
aim
for
anything
less,
and
rather
work
on
her
dream.
With
respect
to
work,
Fatima
will
next
be
seen
in
Anurag
Basu's
Ludo.
The
film
also
casts
Abhishek
Bachchan,
Rajkummar
Rao,
Sanya
Malhotra,
Aditya
Roy
Kapur
and
Pankaj
Tripathi
in
key
roles.
The
film
is
all
set
to
release
on
November
12,
2020
on
Netflix.
Apart
from
Ludo,
she
will
also
be
seen
in
Suraj
Pe
Mangal
Bhari
alongside
Diljit
Dosanjh
and
Manoj
Bajpayee.
The
film
will
release
on
November
13,
2020.