Shalini
Pandey,
who
made
her
screen
debut
with
the
Telugu
film
Arjun
Reddy,
is
now
all
set
to
make
her
Bollywood
debut
with
Jayeshbhai
Jordaar
starring
opposite
none
other
than
Ranveer
Singh!
The
actress
reveals
that
her
casting
in
the
film
happened
by
'sheer
luck',
for
which
she
says
she
can't
thank
the
universe
enough.
Narrating
the
story
of
how
it
happened,
she
told
IANS,
"I
was
at
a
restaurant
one
day
with
a
friend
of
mine
and
there
was
Shanoo
(Shanoo
Sharma,
YRF's
casting
director)
sitting
with
a
bunch
of
people.
There
was
only
one
place
available
for
two
which
was
right
beside
Shanoo's!
Actually
the
table
was
attached
to
hers!
So,
we
felt
a
little
odd
because
it
seemed
like
they
were
discussing
some
important
stuff
and
I
shifted
the
table.
We
sat
at
a
different
table
and
had
our
meal
that's
it.
We
didn't
interact
at
all."
She
continued,
"I
happened
to
go
to
another
bistro
and
I
saw
her
there
again.
Again,
I
got
to
sit
just
next
to
her
because
there
wasn't
any
table
available
and
again
we
didn't
interact!
One
fine
day,
I
was
on
my
Instagram
and
I
was
just
going
through
my
messages.
Her
message
was
there
in
'other'
messages
inbox."
Shalini
went
on
to
say
that
in
the
frenzy
to
open
the
message
she
accidentally
deleted
it.
But
she
eventually
got
a
call
from
her
team
saying
that
they
wanted
her
to
audition
for
a
film.
Although
she
had
no
idea
for
which
film
she
was
auditioning,
she
was
"thrilled,
relieved
and
excited."
Jayeshbhai
Jordaar
is
being
directed
by
Divyang
Thakkar,
and
will
release
some
time
this
year.
Apart
from
Shalini
and
Ranveer,
it
also
stars
Boman
Irani,
Ratna
Pathak
Shah,
Aparshakti
Khurana
and
Shivam
Patil.