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- 13 Jan - 19 Jan, 2024
Elnaaz Norouzi, a German national of Iranian descent, made her Pakistani debut with film Maan Jao Naa. She is a sensation across the border. She has not just walked the ramp for major brands like Dior and Hugo Boss, but also worked with the Khans of Bollywood – Salman and Shah Rukh – in top ad campaigns. The Iranian beauty gets up close and candid during a short interview with MAG. Here are 60 seconds from her life. Excerpts:
I’m sort of an introvert; a private person, and not very expressive.
I was 14 when I started modelling, I started working with photographers, talking pictures, reading a lot about modelling. Then one thing lead to another.
Mom and dad. I can’t pick one, I am close to both. There are things I can share with my dad that I can’t share with my mom, and things I can share with my mom I can’t even think of sharing with my dad. They are both my best friends.
I don’t believe in luck as such, I think I’m really hardworking. When I look back to the things I have done in life, how hard I had to work to get here, I really think I was not lucky.
Salman is a very humble person, when you work with him, you don’t even feel you are working with a star, but Shah Rukh was the one I wanted to go to Bollywood for, and although he was my favourite back then, I must say my all-time favourite is Salman.
All of them. My co-actors have been wonderful, which is something you don’t often see because mostly you can feel that silent friction from the other female actors, which I didn’t experience here at all,
This is an actor’s life, you either choose your career or you choose your private life, there’s nothing in between.
Karachi is way cleaner! [laughs]
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