Last Friday marked Sai Pallavi’s debut in Bollywood with the Aamir Khan–backed romantic drama ‘Ek Din’, co-starring Junaid Khan. While the film has received a lukewarm response at the box office and mixed to negative reviews, Sai recently made candid remarks during promotions, suggesting she felt she may have been miscast in the project.
In a conversation with her co-star Junaid Khan on the ‘YouTube’ channel ‘Aamir Khan Talkies’, Sai reflected on her experience of working in the film and her own self-critique of her performance. Recalling the experience, she said, “I think I’m a little extra serious when it comes to a few scenes which should have been done easily. And I think I was miscast.”
She further described her reaction after watching the film with Aamir Khan for the first time: “I was just quiet for a while and he was like, ‘Say something’. And I told him that I don’t think I was meant to do this and I think I am miscast. He was like, ‘What are you saying?’ I think it should have been a new person who had a little bit of flamboyance. I think somebody else was meant to do this film.”
Junaid Khan, however, strongly disagreed with her assessment and defended her performance. Responding to her comments, he said, “I fight with papa over a lot of things, but here I agree with him. I saw the film without background music and sound, just the dialogue track and you were just spectacular. There was no help with your performance from the BGM or sound design; it was just dialogue and silence otherwise. And you were so good.”
He further praised her portrayal, adding, “I don’t think I have seen anyone play drunk so well at all and you don’t even drink.”