{"id":297737,"date":"2026-01-22T14:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/297737\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:01:08","slug":"neha-dhupia-recalls-her-first-audition-i-hung-upside-down-on-a-tree-and-they-laughed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/297737\/","title":{"rendered":"Neha Dhupia recalls her first audition; \u2018I hung upside down on a tree and they laughed\u2019 |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Neha Neha Dhupia<\/a> recently spoke about her very first audition and first acting work. She shared these memories with a big smile and full excitement. She said it felt like reliving her teenage days. Before movies, Neha was doing modelling work in Delhi. She appeared in ads and music videos. Those days were simple and full of first-time moments.Neha recalled in an interview with The Bombay Film Stories on auditioning for a music video with the band Euphoria. During the audition, people asked her, \u201cWhat can you do that is fun?\u201d She said she was very athletic at that time. She used to run and do physical activities. She saw a tree nearby and felt confident. She said, \u201cNo, I can do this.\u201d Then she shared, \u201cI hung upside down on a tree.\u201d She said everyone started laughing at her. After laughing, they finally called her inside. <\/p>\n

Neha Dhupia Opens Up On Unequal Industry Reality: \u201cSome Actors Can Disappear, Others Can\u2019t\u201d<\/p>\n

The curly hair moment and a surprise bill<\/p>\n

The actress then spoke about another funny moment from the same project. She said her hair was very straight at that time. The team told her, \u201cWe want her, but we want her with curly hair. Because she has to look like somebody who lives in Mauritius.\u201dNeha said she sat in a hotel and got her hair curled. It was called a perm. She explained how expensive it was back then. \u201cGetting a perm done in those days was like 9,000 bucks,\u201d she said. When she got the bill, she was shocked and thought, \u201cWho’s going to pay for this?\u201d Just before she could pay, someone walked in and paid the bill for her. That moment stayed with her.<\/p>\n

First flight, first paycheck<\/p>\n

Neha also remembered her first time on a flight. She said, \u201cI get to travel on a plane, and I had never travelled abroad.\u201d She was nervous and excited at the same time. There was a stopover in Mumbai. When they asked her if she was okay with the layover, she felt confused but happy.The actress shared how she felt like a child seeing candy for the first time. She said, \u201cThey paid for my air ticket. I was on TV with a rock band.\u201d Later, when she went to collect the VHS copy, something funny happened again. She said, \u201cThe funniest part, they gave me a paycheck.\u201d That made her feel proud and surprised.<\/p>\n

Neha on being called ‘Female KJO’<\/p>\n

Talking about her modelling days, Neha remembered working with Chitrangda Singh<\/a>. She said, \u201cWe did a campaign for Gillette.\u201d She recalled waking up a week later and seeing herself and Chitrangda holding hands in the picture. She said they had very different looks, but that image stayed in her heart. \u201cChitrangada and I still talk about it,\u201d she said with joy.She also spoke about being called the \u201cfemale Karan Johar<\/a>.\u201d She said this label does not define her. She shared that her friendship with Karan Johar is based on respect and humour. She joked that she is \u201cnot a threat to anyone,\u201d which helps people connect with her easily. She added that she knows many people in the industry but is not close to everyone and does not share others\u2019 secrets. <\/p>\n

Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi at Wedding Reception<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Neha Dhupia recently spoke about her very first audition and first acting work. She shared these memories with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[263],"tags":[122006,18,117,19,17,6965,327,6592,147561,147562],"class_list":["post-297737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-chitrangda-singh","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-karan-johar","tag-movies","tag-neha-dhupia","tag-neha-dhupia-audition","tag-palash-sen"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115939120425380856","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}