Harshaali Malhotra tells us how she carried a ball on the sets of “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”
Normally, on Children’s Day’s, kids like to interact with someone they look up to in real or reel. But what happens if that personality is also a child like them. They get talking, burst into laughter and take pictures. This is precisely what happened when chirpy, innocent-faced Harshaali Malhotra, better known as Shahida thanks to this year’s biggest blockbuster Bajrangi Bhaijaan, turned up at an event in the Capital where kids were waiting to interact with the child who gets lost in Delhi in the film.
Making an appearance for the launch of a kids wear brand One Friday at Kailash Colony, children had fun in the company of the child artiste who narrated her experience of working with Salman Khan and obliged them to have a long chain of selfies. After casting director Mukesh Chhabra found her suitable to play the Pakistani girl who gets lost in India, Harshaali had no looking back. And is now a household name and inspiration for many child actors. Even before she got an opportunity to work with Salman Khan, she always wanted to call herself a superstar. Asked what superstar means, Harshaali, with her wide grin reminiscent of her big smile when her character reunites with her mother in Pakistan, innocently answered by saying, “To me superstar means only one thing – Salman Khan.”
And what does she calls the macho superstar, who is also called Sallu bhai by his numerous fans, Harshaali says she calls him uncle when they are not on the sets. “I enjoyed his company as he made me comfortable and this helped me to play the role.”
Kajal Malhotra, mother of child actor, who chose to explain how her daughter came on board with Salman, says, “Harshaali used to do child modelling as she was selected as face of a brand in an open talent hunt.
At that time she was around two years old. Later Mukesh took random profiles of her and then one day he called for a workshop which ran for a week and then she was finalised for the film.”
Sharing her experience, Harshaali says that she used to play with a ball under the shawl letting no one know she has got a ball on the sets while they were shooting for the song “Bhar de Jholi” in Kashmir.
And sometime it took a long time to bring her into the mood for acting.
Hailing from Delhi, her parents recently shifted to Mumbai where she is studying in Class II.
“She is a normal child at home who is very fond of chocolates and teddies but while out she sometimes act moody as she is always surrounded by people due to the super success of the film,” admits her mother.
About future projects, her mother says, “Presently, there is no project where Harshaali is acting as we are waiting for a good role which can be suitable for her.”
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