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eghna Gulzar’s ‘Raazi’ which has been received well by the
audience has also been appreciated for the perfect casting. MEGHNA
MPopular Marathi actor Amruta Khanvilkar who plays Munira, GULZAR
Alia Bhatt’s sister-in-law in the film is now a known name with the Hindi
speaking audience too. She says that she feels good that people have WAS
like her acting and especially her Urdu too in the film.
Amruta describes Alia as an extremely easy going person and secure AMRUTA
as an actor. She has said that Alia has no airs about her and makes ev-
eryone on the set feel comfortable. Amruta gives all credit to her director KHANVILKAR’S
Meghna Gulzar for inspiring her to do the film. It was because she want-
ed to work with her that she did the film says Amruta. She has said that INSPIRATION
it was only due to Meghna that she got all the nuances of the character
right - from Munira’s body language to her Urdu. WHILE
Prior to this Amruta has worked in film like ‘Mumbai Salsa’, ‘Hattrick’, DOING
‘Phoonk’, ‘Himmatwala’ and ‘Rangoon’ apart from TV shows. Married to
fellow actor Himmanshoo Malhotra for the past three years, the couple ‘RAAZI’
have been the winners of the dance reality show ‘Nach Baliye 7’.
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