My Audition Was My Social Media Account: Dhadak’s Ishaan Khatter

The young actor gets candid about how he landed a role in ‘Dhadak’, opposite Janhvi Kapoor.

As Dhadak nears its release date, Ishaan Khatter seems to be visibly excited about the upcoming film, with co-star Janhvi Kapoor. In an exclusive interview with Harper’s Bazaar India, the young actor got candid about how he landed a role in Dhadak, produced by Karan Johar.

“My audition was my social media account, I think. Karan’s [Johar] team had seen some of my videos on Instagram - Dubsmashes and things - and then I had a series of meetings with him.”

Ishaan Khatter, Actor

“My audition was my social media account, I think. Karan’s [Johar] team had seen some of my videos on Instagram—Dubsmashes and things—and then I had a series of meetings with him.” — @ishaan95 talks about how he landed ‘Dhadak’ in our July/Aug 2018 issue. • • • Photographs: #TarunVishwa Creative director: @Yurreipemarthur Fashion director: @Edwardlalrempuia Hair (for Ishaan): @aalimhakim Makeup (for Ishaan): #RizwanShaikh Production: @parulmenezes Location: @jwsahar JW Marriott Mumbai, Sahar #janhvikapoor #ishaankhatter

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“People say our generation has a short attention span, but if there’s something I’m passionate about, I’m completely focused on it.” — @janhvikapoor in conversation with @ishaan95 in our July/Aug 2018 issue.💃 • • • Photographs: #TarunVishwa Creative director: @Yurreipemarthur Fashion director: @Edwardlalrempuia All clothes: @calvinklein 205W39NYC Hair (for Janhvi): @yiannitsapatori at @fazemanagement Hair (for Ishaan): @aalimhakim Makeup (for Janhvi): @sandhyashekar. Makeup assistant: @muabhagyashree Makeup (for Ishaan): #RizwanShaikh Production: @parulmenezes Location: @jwsahar JW Marriott Mumbai, Sahar #janhvikapoor #ishaankhatter

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Directed by Shashank Khaitan, Dhadak has been co-produced by Zee Studios and Dharma Productions. The film, a remake of the Marathi Sairat is scheduled to release nationwide on 20 July. Here is the official trailer of the film:

Source: Harper’s Bazaar India.