Well-known
for
her
roles
in
The
Lunchbox
and
Airlift,
wherein
she
shared
screen
space
with
late
actor
Irrfan
Khan
and
Akshay
Kumar
respectively,
actress
Nimrat
Kaur
revealed
that
she
had
faced
rejections
multiple
times
owing
to
her
appearance.
Nimrat
spoke
to
an
entertainment
portal
and
revealed
how
difficult
it
was
for
her
to
make
it
big
in
Bollywood
without
having
any
godfather.
While
speaking
about
her
struggle
with
Pinkvilla,
Nimrat
said,
"I
did
a
lot
of
ad
films
and
there,
you
just
don't
get
the
job.
That's
it.
I
would
never
feel
discouraged
because
I
didn't
get
it.
I'd
rather
look
at
the
one
who
got
the
ad
and
try
to
understand
what
I
can
do
to
better
myself.
It
wasn't
easy.
I
remember
giving
85
auditions
because
I
maintained
a
diary
where
I
used
to
write
What
I
did,
where
did
I
go
and
what
I
had
to
play."
Nimrat
further
added
that
many
directors/producers
rejected
her
because
of
her
appearance.
She
said,
"Sometimes,
they
would
say
you
don't
look
Indian,
you
look
too
urban
and
modern.
You
don't
look
homely
at
all.
We
needed
someone
more
homely
looking."
Little
did
Nimrat
know
that
her
film
The
Lunchbox,
which
released
in
2013,
would
change
her
fate.
She
shared
that
after
the
release
of
The
Lunchbox,
everything
changed
for
her,
and
she
learnt
that
what
people
think
of
her
is
their
limitation,
not
hers.
"I
was
told
by
my
international
agency
that
I
was
roped
in
for
Homeland
in
an
ISI
agent's
role
because
of
my
performance
as
Ila
in
Lunchbox.
So
you
see,
not
everyone
thinks
that
way
or
boxes
you
in
a
particular
way," asserted
Nimrat.
Nimrat-Irrfan's
The
Lunchbox
was
a
sleeper
hit
and
it
received
immense
praise
from
the
critics,
as
well
as
the
audiences.
Interestingly,
on
September
20,
the
film
clocked
seven
years.