Our Favourite Manju Maai From Laapataa Ladies Is All Set To Make Her Cannes Debut And We're Excited

Cannes 2024: Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan's Laapataa Ladies has won everyone's hearts. From a memorable story to outstanding performances, there is a lot that makes the film come alive. Now, our beloved Chhaya Kadam Aka Manju Maai, has come a long way and will soon be seen on the Cannes Film Festival 2024 red carpet! Exciting, right? Kadam is currently looking forward to attending the 77th Cannes Film Festival to witness Payal Kapadia's film "All We Imagine As Light" debut.

"I am very happy. This is a beautiful moment in my life and I am enjoying it without thinking too much about what's next," she said about viewers loving "Laapataa Ladies" and "Madgaon Express".

She went on to add, "I was a state-level Kabbadi player, so I thought about going in that direction. After some time, it shifted to owning a gym or joining the police force because I had the physique... People start their journeys in schools and college by doing theatre, but I entered the profession quite late," Kadam told PTI in an interview.

The actor credits a workshop she attended with theatrical veteran and former National School of Drama director Waman Kendre in 2001 with changing her life.

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?Talking about her role as Manju Maai in Laapataa Ladies, she said, "Sometimes, I feel Manju Mai was written for me. I have that woman inside me. I didn't marry, somehow never got around to it and now I am enjoying living on my own. I felt Manju Mai was also teaching me. I receive so many calls from women who were confused but now feel inspired by Manju Mai.

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"I started enjoying the process while doing the workshop. That was the beginning for me. People think it is easy to break into acting but it took me six years to do my first play. It wasn't easy even after that but whatever came my way, I worked on it with complete honesty."

For the unversed, All We Imagine as Light is an awaited film written and directed by Payal Kapadia. It stars Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam and Hridhu Haroon in the lead roles.?

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