114 august 2019
Tell us about your life before you
entered the Indian film industry.
I was studying Economics at Mumbai’s
St Xavier’s College, and before that, I
was at The Doon School. Acting was
accidental for me. At Doon, I was a state-
level basketball and hockey player until
I injured my shoulder and was left with
nothing to do. A Shakespearean play was
being rehearsed and I just went for it. That
day, to now, it’s been crazy!What was that one moment when you
felt that you had finally made it big?
I felt like that when I walked into the‘‘
Ali Fazal, best known for
Fukrey and Hollywood’s
Victoria & Abdul, is going
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