Showing posts with label Naureen Azharuddin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Naureen Azharuddin. Show all posts
Naureen has been a beautiful mystery-Prachi Desai
6:37 AM
Prachi Desai who plays Azhar's first wife in an upcoming biopic, says that the latter is fiercely private but a very modern woman
Sanyukta Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; April 29, 2016)
By her own admission,
portraying Naureen Mohammad, former Indian cricketer Mohammed
Azharuddin's first wife, has been the toughest and most unconventional
role in Prachi Desai's decade-long career. Not only because she was
playing a real-life person, but also since Naureen mostly led a silent
life, in the shadows of her famous husband.
While, onscreen Azhar (Emraan Hashmi) and his glamorous second wife, Sangeeta Bijlani (Nargis Fakhri) had plenty of referential material at their disposal, Prachi found herself scraping the bottom of the barrel when it came to playing Naureen. “It was not like playing a public figure. There was nothing to Google, or to research with,“ Prachi explains.
“Naureen is a beautiful mystery. She has guarded her personal life, choosing to never comment on controversies but is an extremely modern woman,“ informs the actress who met the real Naureen at her home in Hyderabad during the course of the film's shooting.
Initially disappointed to learn that meeting Naureen would be impossible since she's an extremely private person, Prachi got her wish when she got to interact with her for a day in Hyderabad. “I had so many questions about how she dealt with certain incidents in her life. She told me that she got married at 16 in an arranged match. She had just given her board exams and didn't know what to think or understand about everything that was going on. She described the event as unnerving, exciting and herself as naïve, innocent,“ the 27-year-old actress reminisces with a smile.
While in Hyderabad, Prachi also shot for a dining sequence with Emraan. “It is the dramatisation of a beautiful moment that came a few years after Azhar and Naureen got married, in 1987. Their marriage lasted nine years and was the golden phase of Naureen's life. At one point, Azhar took Naureen out for a date. Emraan and I recreated that moment,“ reveals Prachi, urging fans to not judge the events in the former couple's life.
There's a sequence in the trailer where Azhar is seen thanking people for a win, and while Naureen yearns for him to mention her, he proceeds to take Sangeeta's name. “There is a certain amount of sympathy at play, but there is also a silent love story that anchors Azhar's life and that is the central story of the film. Naureen lived with Azhar through his highs and lows and the film proves to be a reality check to everyone who has judged Azhar's life. Just like Naureen matured over the years and was no longer the young girl who married Azhar, I will forever cherish the lovely personality I emulated through this film's journey.“
While, onscreen Azhar (Emraan Hashmi) and his glamorous second wife, Sangeeta Bijlani (Nargis Fakhri) had plenty of referential material at their disposal, Prachi found herself scraping the bottom of the barrel when it came to playing Naureen. “It was not like playing a public figure. There was nothing to Google, or to research with,“ Prachi explains.
“Naureen is a beautiful mystery. She has guarded her personal life, choosing to never comment on controversies but is an extremely modern woman,“ informs the actress who met the real Naureen at her home in Hyderabad during the course of the film's shooting.
Initially disappointed to learn that meeting Naureen would be impossible since she's an extremely private person, Prachi got her wish when she got to interact with her for a day in Hyderabad. “I had so many questions about how she dealt with certain incidents in her life. She told me that she got married at 16 in an arranged match. She had just given her board exams and didn't know what to think or understand about everything that was going on. She described the event as unnerving, exciting and herself as naïve, innocent,“ the 27-year-old actress reminisces with a smile.
While in Hyderabad, Prachi also shot for a dining sequence with Emraan. “It is the dramatisation of a beautiful moment that came a few years after Azhar and Naureen got married, in 1987. Their marriage lasted nine years and was the golden phase of Naureen's life. At one point, Azhar took Naureen out for a date. Emraan and I recreated that moment,“ reveals Prachi, urging fans to not judge the events in the former couple's life.
There's a sequence in the trailer where Azhar is seen thanking people for a win, and while Naureen yearns for him to mention her, he proceeds to take Sangeeta's name. “There is a certain amount of sympathy at play, but there is also a silent love story that anchors Azhar's life and that is the central story of the film. Naureen lived with Azhar through his highs and lows and the film proves to be a reality check to everyone who has judged Azhar's life. Just like Naureen matured over the years and was no longer the young girl who married Azhar, I will forever cherish the lovely personality I emulated through this film's journey.“
I wonder why destiny was so unkind to Naureen-Prachi Desai
2:07 PM
DNA (April 4, 2016)
Prachi Desai flew to Hyderabad to meet with Naureen —
Mohammed Azharuddin’s first wife — to understand her life account in
detail, before Azhar shooting began, to get under the skin of the
character. The actress cut herself away from the entire world including
her family, for almost 100 days because Naureen is like that — reserved
and an introvert. She did a lot of research to help her portray the
character of Azhar’s wife convincingly, including speaking to both sides
of the family. The first time Prachi and Naureen met, they hit it off and spent hours chatting over over tea and cup cakes! There after Prachi spent four hours everyday with Naureen. The love story of Naureen and Azhar moved Prachi and helped her understand the wife’s part in her celebrity husband’s life.
In fact Prachi and Naureen share a striking resemblance to one another in reality. Naureen has become so close to Prachi that she’s given her a nickname too — Prats. Prachi says, “I’m just humbled by Naureen’s gesture. She is such a down-to-earth soul and I wonder why destiny was so unkind to her. We bonded well and I really look upto her for the strong woman she is. I’m in touch with her till this date and every time I’m in Hyderabad I make it a point to visit her. sets. Naureen’s narrated all her childhood memories and it was refreshing to hear about them.”
Mohammed Azharuddin's real & real wife come together
7:55 AM
Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; January 19, 2016)
Prachi Desai, who plays Mohammed Azharuddin's ex-wife in Anthony D'Souza's upcoming biopic, Azhar, recently met Naureen at her Hyderabad residence as part of her prep for the role. "I'd read the script a couple of times so it was like meeting my alter ego. I've never played a real life character before so I wanted to be sure I got it right," says the actress, who over coffee and brownies chatted with Naureen for hours.
Before marrying model-turned-actress Sangeeta Bijlani, the former cricketer was married to Naureen for nine years. They had two sons, Asad and Ayaz. "She was just 15 and straight out of school when she had married Azhar, who was a superstar then. They were madly in love before destiny took them down different paths," says Prachi, adding that despite all the hurdles, Naureen's been dignified about the split and moved on. "My role begins at that age and moves into the early 20s," informs 27-year-old Prachi.
Interestingly, Naureen is Prachi's fan which made it easy for them to get comfortable and for Naureen to speak her heart out. "I felt we had known each other for years, she's a lovely, warm woman." Are the two, Azhar and Naureen, still friends? "I have no idea but their son is one of the assistant directors on the sets. He's close to both his parents and it's he who fixed this meeting with his mother for me," says Prachi.
However, Naureen has never visited the sets or expressed a desire to do so? "She's a very private person which is why I decided to meet at her home. She shuttles between Dubai and Hyderabad and the next time I am in the City of Nawabs, I will definitely share some Hyderabadi biryani with her," Prachi chuckles.
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