Sad that I couldn't share screen with Sanya Malhotra in Ludo, says Fatima Sana Shaikh

Nitesh Tiwari’s Dangal (2016) made Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra, who played real-life wrestler sisters Geeta and Babita Phogat, household names

As we all know, the actresses are now part of the cast of Anurag Basu’s Ludo, which also comprises Abhishek Bachchan, Rajkummar Rao, Aditya Roy Kapur and Pankaj Tripathi. However, the audience will have to wait longer to see Shaikh and Malhotra share the screen again. 

Talking about her recent collaboration with her Dangal co-star, Shaikh told Cinestaan.com, “Honestly, I didn’t get a chance to work with her [Malhotra] because we are barely together for even half a scene in Ludo. So there was no such experience of working with her [in Ludo]. I spend more time with her off-screen.” 

Looking back, Shaikh feels the Aamir Khan-starrer was a life-changer for  Malhotra and herself. “If that film hadn’t happened, I wouldn’t have been in the industry, honestly. So, I am very thankful that I got to be a part of Dangal. It was such a huge film and it put Sanya and me  on the radar,” she said. 

Before Ludo, Shaikh will be seen in Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari with Manoj Bajpayee and Diljit Dosanjh.