Chhoti Babita Phogat From Aamir Khan's 'Dangal' Is All Grown Up & Here's What She Is Up To
Suhani Bhatnagar was in 6th standard when she was selected for Aamir Khan's blockbuster Dangal. It has been six years since the film released and the Bhatnagar who played the role of young Babita Phogat in the movie is all grown up now.
Suhani Bhatnagar was in 6th standard when she was selected for Aamir Khan's blockbuster Dangal. It has been six years since the film released and the Bhatnagar who played the role of young Babita Phogat in the movie is all grown up now.
Suhani Bhatnagar was 14 years old when she acted in Dangal.
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Dangal was her debut movie. She was selected for the role after a few rounds of auditions. Later, she worked on her Haryanvi accent as well as fitness.
Before Dangal, she also featured in many print advertisements - including the one for the brand Monte Carlo.
Suhani Bhatnagar enjoys a following of 17.5K. Here are some of her recent photos.
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Post Dangal, Suhani Bhatnagar aka young Babit Phogat from Dangal has not done any filmo or TV show. She is perhaps focussing on her studies as of now.
Before the release of the movie, it was revealed that more than 21,000 girls auditioned for the roles of his daughters.
The auditions went for several months as director Nitesh Tiwari was certain he did not want to cast someone from the industry.
The team was hence looking for fresh faces who had little or no former training in acting. So even when the team selected someone for auditioning, they had to give them time to prepare for the screen test, making the process even more challenging.
A spokesperson at that time had confirmed in a statement to IANS, "We have been auditioning but have not been able to zero in on the casting yet."
Another cast members of Dangal included Sakshi Tanwar as Daya Shobha Kaur (Mahavir Singh Phogat's wife), Fatima Sana Shaikh as Geeta Phogat, Sanya Malhotra as Babita Kumari and Zaira Wasim as Child Geeta.
Zaira Wasim had decided to quit Bollywood in 2019. Five years after making her acting debut, the actress at the age of 18 who also featured in Secret Superstar, said that she wants to quit the industry for her ¡°relationship with my religion was threatened.¡±
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