Nora Fatehi: I was constantly told to date specific actors for public relations

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Nora Fatehi, one of Bollywood's most prominent actress-dancers, talked about her experiences in Bollywood in a recent interview. The actress revealed that she was instructed to date specific actors in order to develop public relations and make her way in the industry. However, she stated that she refused to take all of those ideas and instead built her career on her talent.

While speaking with Zoom Entertainment, she shared, "I was constantly told, 'Oh, you know, you should date specific people and date for PR…' I am glad that I never listened to any of that." Furthermore, Nora stated that she owed her accomplishments to no one. "It's on my own and everyone else is just a plus."

While the 31-year-old dancer was advised many things when she first entered the film industry, one of them was to avoid doing songs, which is how Nora rose to popularity. She was also advised not to participate in reality shows. She mentioned in the interview that after the enormous popularity of the song Dilbar, she wanted to do international concerts.

She shared, "I remember there was this one person to whom, after the success of ‘Dilbar', I was saying, ‘Alright, now I want to also focus on opening up another market. I want to go international. Let's do here, let's do outside." She recalled someone telling her, "Okay, no, focus on one thing, that's it."

Nora expressed her dissatisfaction with the response. The actress stated that she took a stance for herself and began performing in shows abroad. Finally, the actress stated that she is now the rule-maker and enjoys working on her own terms and conditions. "So I'm very proud of that," remarked the dancer.

Nora has been making headlines because of Sukesh Chandrashekhar's money laundering case. The actress has also filed a defamation case against Jacqueline Fernandez. On July 31, Nora Fatehi also recorded her statement in the defamation case at Delhi's Patiala House Court In her statement Nora claimed, "They have called me a gold digger and accused me of having a relationship with a con artist (Sukesh Chandrasekhar) and included my name in an ongoing criminal case to divert attention away from them."