The Bad Boy Called Mega Actress To His House, And

Made her debut opposite mega hero Sai Tej with Rey, Saiyami Kher later shifted her base to Bollywood. The actress was recently seen in a Netflix original Choked: Paisa Bolta Hai that was directed by Anurag Kashyap. The comic thriller is backdropped on the 2016 demonitisation and also stars Roshan Mathew.

Saiyami Kher, meanwhile, gave clean chit to the director who allegedly is called as the bad boy of Bollywood. In a long Twitter thread, Saiyami thanked Anurag for believing in her. She recalled meeting Anurag for the first time and getting to know him personally.

“The first time I met @anuragkashyap72 he called me to his Versova house. Before I could say anything, he said, “My parents live with me. You don’t have to worry!”

He was supposed to be the “Bad Boy of Bollywood”. His life according to the outside world was “riddled with drugs, women & vices.” The truth, I later learnt, was COMPLETELY the opposite.

It was a typical chaotic Indian household. Parents looking for a newspaper, the doorbell constantly ringing, Shrilalji furiously cooking for the increasing guests, a cat strutting around & AK looking for just one quiet corner in his own home.”

Saiyami shared she and Anurag became friends over the last years. “From the time he offered me Choked (sitting next to me at MAMI) to the date of release, it took three years. That’s when I really got to know the man. He became a friend, mentor & sounding board.

With him you know you get the whole truth. When he loves your work he jumps, dances, cries & expresses joy; if he doesn’t he just says it. The man has no filters. That is perhaps both his boon & his bane.”

He loves his whiskey; which I keep nagging him to reduce (and also to increase his exercise!). He has a child-like innocence & open-heartedness that is seldom seen in today’s times. He’s so busy playing agony aunt in other people’s lives that perhaps, he forgets about his own.

That’s AK for you. It’s always other people before himself.

It’s rare to have people through your difficulties. It’s even rarer to have people who truly feel happy for you.

Today, when the people who dismissed me three years ago call up lauding my performance, there’s no one happier & prouder than AK,” Saiyami wrote. “Thank you for believing in me @anuragkashyap72 . Thank you for making me believe in myself again!”