Actress
Nimrat
Kaur,
who
shot
to
fame
with
the
critically
acclaimed
movie
The
Lunchbox,
got
candid
about
the
struggles
she
faced
in
the
earlier
days
of
her
career.
Nimrat
went
to
Mumbai
to
pursue
a
career
as
an
actor.
Before
getting
her
break
in
the
movies
with
the
2012
film
Peddlers,
she
appeared
in
music
videos
and
advertisements.
Nimrat
recounted
that
she
used
to
go
to
cyber
cafes
to
look
up
names
of
production
houses
and
then
go
over
to
their
offices
to
give
her
photographs.
Overwhelmed
by
the
hustle,
she
would
have
multiple
breakdowns
and
call
her
mother
up
from
a
PCO
and
'cry
for
hours.'
Speaking
to
Pinkvilla,
Nimrat
said,
"There
were
multiple
breakdowns.
I
had
saved
up
a
bit
of
money
from
a
few
odd
jobs
I
did
back
in
Delhi.
So
it
saw
me
through
the
first
six-seven
months.
What
happened
was
that
I
got
some
photographs
but
you
just
don't
know
where
to
go,
what
to
do.
Where
do
you
even
start?"
She
continued,
"I
figured
that
inko
jaake
photographs
de
dete
hai
aur
dekhte
hai
ki
kya
hota
hai
(let
me
give
my
photographs
to
them
and
see
what
happens).
I
gave
my
pictures
to
hundreds
of
agencies
and
banners;
I
would
go
physically.
I
marked
out
areas,
travelled
by
trains
or
buses
and
autos.
I
couldn't
afford
cabs
at
that
time.
Everything
was
so
expensive.
Mobile
phones,
calls
were
so
costly.
So
I
used
to
go
to
a
PCO
and
call
mom,
cry
for
hours
and
be
so
sad
about
things.
It
was
pretty
daunting
and
scary."
Nimrat
celebrated
7
years
of
The
Lunchbox
earlier
this
week.
She
took
to
her
Instagram
handle
to
write,
"Today,
7
years
ago
in
India,
overnight
from
'that
Cadbury
girl',
my
identity
became
that
girl
in
that
Irrfan
movie..one
of
life's
greatest
honours
as
his
ardent
fan,
admirer
and
an
actor.
Forever
blessed
to
have
shared
this
gift
of
a
journey...
#7YearsOfTheLunchbox
#IrrfanForever."