Zareen Khan spoke candidly about her experiences in the film industry when chatting with fans on Reddit, including being compared to Katrina Kaif and working with Salman Khan. Zareen shared her experience working with Bollywood actor Salman Khan during a fan interaction. She also talked about how her reputation as Katrina’s clone had worked against her.
Zareen Khan’s acting career flopped when she first entered the profession as Katrina Kaif’s doppelganger
Recently, during a Reddit fan interaction, Zareen Khan answered questions from her followers about being compared to Katrina. In response, Zareen said that while she had initially taken pride in having Katrina Kaif’s looks as her own at the start of her acting career, it had now hurt her chances of success. Zareen claimed that Katrina Kaif, a more well-known actress, was frequently brought into conversation. said Zareen:
“When I entered this industry, I was literally like a lost child since I don’t come from a filmy background so it made me feel really happy being compared to Katrina as I was her fan too and found her really pretty. But it backfired on my career as the people of this industry didn’t give me a chance to prove my individuality.”
Zareen Khan on hating the fact that ‘people work on the basis of friendship rather than talent’ in the film industry
During the same conversation, Zareen revealed that “people work on the basis of friendship rather than talent” in the film industry. She comes from a non-filmy background, revealing that she abhors this society fully. She also admitted that she had no such contacts in the business. She also doesn’t enjoy engaging in small talk. She was unable to appear in more movies as a result of this. She was last seen at work on the 2021 movie Hum Bhi Akele Tum Bhi Akele.
Zareen Khan reveals working with Salman Khan is ‘intimidating’
After that, Zareen was asked how she felt about working with her debut film co-star, Salman Khan. In a brief response, Zareen said that working with Salman Khan is “intimidating.”
When Zareen revealed sharing a friendly bond with Salman
Previously, Zaareen said in an interview with a top daily that she has a friendly relationship with Salman Khan. During the most difficult time of Zareen’s life, he became nothing less than her godfather. She had expressed the following when discussing her friendship with Salman: “Salman is somebody who will always be very dear, special and very close to my heart because if not for him, I had never thought of becoming a part of this industry. I would have never been a part of this industry because this was not my plan and now I am here. The debut I got was a dream debut for me.”
