New Delhi: Anu Aggarwal, best known for 'Aashiqui', was a national crush for the longest time thanks to her performance in the film. The actor made her debut in 1990 with the romantic musical 'Aashiqui' and encountered instant fame. Years later, the actor met with an accident and suffered severe memory loss.
Rahul Roy and Anu Aggarwal featured in Mahesh Bhatt's Aashiqui, which went on to become a hit following its release. After her big break, Anu discreetly gave up performing five years later. Anu had a life-altering accident in 1999 that left her unconscious for 29 days and completely memory loss.
Anu Aggarwal, who acknowledges that she doesn't often see movies, is currently writing a story for a return. The actor discussed her profession with Indianexpress.com and responded to a question about when she had last seen ‘Aashiqui’.
“I watched the film when I had my memory loss after the accident. My mother played it for me, but I couldn’t relate with it at all. I couldn’t relate with the girl on screen! My mother kept saying, ‘That’s you!’ I just like a child kept looking at it, but I couldn’t connect. At that time Aashiqui 2 was out, so she then played that for me. But nothing still made sense to me." She told Indian Express.
“She told me, ‘See this was your film Aashiqui and now they have made Aashiqui 2.’ I asked her, ‘what is 2?’ Because I didn’t know numbers, what was one, two, three. That was my state.” She added.
"Even though she couldn’t identify with herself on screen, Anu said when she saw the film, it “moved” her. “I couldn’t think the girl on screen was me, but I felt the emotions. The film had such strong emotions. That’s why people still talk about it. At the end of the day, the audience responds to what they see and during the film, they were throwing money on screen, laughing and crying. That happened because the film does move you.” Anu Aggarwal shared in the same interaction.
“My first bread and butter came from modelling, the entertainment business and then films. I am actor. I have been away for a very long time, but I am here to act. I have started meeting filmmakers, I am ready and already hearing scripts. I am going to sign something that I like,” she shared as the actor is trying to find the perfect script to make a comeback.