Meet Sana Saeed: Shah Rukh Khan’s on-screen daughter

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Remember the little Anjali from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai? Well, here she is!   Sana Saeed

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00:00I'm going to the conference, we'll talk when I come back.

00:02Papa, at least wear your pant.

00:09Hi, I'm Anjali.

00:10Tanya is Rani.

00:15So everybody feels like, oh because you did Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, of course that's why you did Surya Navigar.

00:20I was called by the casting director.

00:30The character that was a bit more boyish.

00:36In my audition tape, when you see the intro, it says work experience.

00:40And the only work experience I did was Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

00:42Then they realised that I'm the same girl.

00:45And they said, okay, you know, she's got long hair and everything.

00:47Let's try for this other character which we're casting for.

00:50And then I auditioned for the other character.

00:52And then I got it.

00:53And my mom was like, you know, I was a very bubbly kid.

01:00What she told me was back then from school, somebody was like, oh, like I'd like to, you know, take her for a commercial.

01:06And I was doing like, you know, a lot of ads back then.

01:09So everybody was always very patient when it came to the children on set.

01:26Because they know it's not easy for kids too.

01:28Because we don't know what we're doing.

01:30We just know we're having fun.

01:31And that's what we were doing in some way.

01:34But it was obviously amazing.

01:37I had most of my stuff with Shah Rukh Khan and Farida Jalal.

01:42And I had a ball working with Farida Jalal also.

01:44But I remember, like, she was like a grandmom on my set.

01:48Like she was loving and she was everything.

01:50She was motherly and she was my companion in most scenes.

01:58Then I took a sabbatical and I was, you know, because I had my 8th and my 9th and 10th.

02:03And all that kind of gets to you, right?

02:05Your board exams.

02:14They're okay if you come after college.

02:16They're ready to give you Saturday, Sunday off.

02:19And they are okay if I take a break while I have exams going on.

02:23So my parents were always very particular to make sure that this is a decision I make for myself.

02:29And not a decision that is made for me.

02:34SANA

02:40Everybody makes a PPT before you show it to a client.

02:43Most people's PPT, they were like, Sana will come and do this.

02:46So I was also acting in that office when I was actually not doing the job I was supposed to do.

02:57I did my pictures. I sent it out to casting directors.

03:00I didn't know anybody.

03:01And then I just got called very randomly for student of the year.

03:10I have a love for storytelling. I have a love for stories.

03:13And I love acting.

03:15I am planning on producing next.

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