Anu
Aggarwal
became
an
overnight
sensation
with
her
debut
Bollywood
film,
Aashiqui.
The
romantic
drama
was
a
massive
blockbuster
owing
to
its
chartbuster
music
and
Anu's
affable
chemistry
with
Rahul
Roy.
However
soon,
films
took
a
backseat
in
her
life
post
a
horrifying
accident
and
she
turned
her
attention
towards
writing.
In
her
recent
tete-a-tete
with
Hindustan
Times,
the
former
actress
looked
back
at
her
journey
and
recalled
how
it
has
been
a
sort
of
rollercoaster
ride
for
her.
Anu
revealed
that
she
was
always
inclined
towards
acting
since
she
was
a
child.
"I
was
chosen
as
the
best
actor
in
my
school
in
class
8,
and
acted
in
a
Greek
play
which
required
me
to
perform
12
A4
size
sheets
long
monologue.
I
did
that
to
an
applause,
and
then
formed
the
dramatic
society
in
my
school
too.
I
directed
and
acted
in
a
play
in
class
10
as
well.
It
was
all
my
karma,
I
cannot
take
any
credit
for
this.
Films
came
my
way
naturally
as
well," Aggarwal
told
the
leading
daily.
Speaking
about
the
phase
after
Aashiqui,
the
actress
revealed
that
she
had
a
lot
of
film
offers
coming
her
way
post
that
movie,
but
she
took
her
own
time
in
signing
them.
Anu
was
quoted
as
saying,
"It
was
unheard
of.
I
played
such
a
different
girl,
and
I
am
so
glad
I
did.
I
was
a
social
worker
before
I
had
started
modelling,
so
for
me
it
was
a
fresh
thing,
that
a
girl
got
to
say
this
in
a
film
'main
apne
pairon
pe
khada
hona
chahti
hoon'
That
was
one
of
the
eight
lines
I
had
in
the
entire
film!
I
had
to
act
through
my
eyes,
and
I
thought
that
was
a
huge
achievement.
I
had
also
modelled
internationally.
It's
been
a
great
run."
The
52-year
old
said
that
she
worked
hard
to
be
a
single
woman
and
lives
her
life
on
her
own
terms
and
conditions
till
date,
adding,
"Rest
of
it-
success,
money,
fame
just
came
naturally,
it's
like
it
was
thrown
on
my
lap!"
Recalling
how
a
serious
car
accident
changed
things
for
her
overnight,
Aggarwal
went
on
to
say,
"It
was
unexpected,
like
most
things
are
in
life.
My
car
spun
around
360
degrees,
I
was
in
the
driver's
seat.
I
went
into
a
coma,
and
by
the
time
I
came
out,
the
doctors
thought
I
wouldn't
survive.
When
the
doctors
had
given
up,
I
started
to
heal.
I
was
already
a
yogi
before
the
accident,
and
learnt
how
to
heal,
an
alternative
yoga
therapy.
I
started
to
apply
it
to
myself."
Anu
said
that
this
incident
prompted
her
to
turn
author.
In
2016,
she
penned
a
book,
'Anusual:
Memoir
Of
A
Girl
Who
Came
Back
From
The
Dead'
and
now,
she
is
gearing
up
for
her
second
book.
"The
first
one
was
not
my
biography
that
'I
am
a
star,
listen
to
me',
it
was
a
human
story.
After
my
near
death
experience,
I
realised
I
had
to
help
people
as
much
as
I
can.
Maximum
time
of
mine
is
spent
on
making
people's
lives
better,
especially
mental
health," the
tabloid
quoted
Anu
as
saying.
Revealing
the
reason
why
she
cut
down
on
films
post
her
accident,
Anu
said
that
she
felt
that
the
Hindi
film
industry
could
do
a
lot
more,
adding
that
she
still
gets
offers
for
movies.
"Can
you
imagine,
we
make
1000s
of
films
a
year,
Hollywood
makes
less
than
150.
Being
huge,
why
can't
we
bring
out
positive
films?
That's
what
I
felt
then.
Today,
there
are
a
lot
of
alternative
films
being
made.
In
that
sense,
maybe
there's
a
story
I
may
want
to
do,
because
the
whole
scenario
has
changed,
more
to
my
liking
than
it
was
then,"
Anu
told
the
tabloid.
Besides
acting
and
writing
books,
Anu
also
runs
a
foundation
which
deals
with
mental
health
and
is
also
a
motivational
speaker.