Manisha Koirala

Mr Ghai gave me a good break [with Saudagar]. I am proud to be associated with him. All my good wishes to Mukta Arts. It would have been great for anybody. I was just a schoolgirl. Overnight, I became a star.

I met him with [journalist] Meena Iyer. He had seen photographs of me that [photographer] Rakesh Shreshta had clicked. He was very kind and told me he would need a screen test. I had to mime a song and I did that. I guess I have a pretty face, but he had to know if I could perform. After the screen test he said, 'Yes'. After that, Vivek [Mushran]