When 'Roja' actress Madhoo made her Bollywood debut, she gained immense fan following. She appeared in Ajay Devgn's film 'Phool Aur Kaante' which made her famous overnight. Many people are unaware that Madhoo, born Madhoobala Raghunath Malini, is the cousin of actress Hema Malini and the aunt of Esha Deol and Ahana Deol.
However, despite coming from a film background, she had to face rejection. In a podcast episode with Bollywood Bubble, Madhoo, speaking about her career, said, "My father was a producer. I am from Hema Malini's family, she is my cousin.
My mother was a dancer. My whole background was around dance, music, and films. But whatever I did, I did it myself.
" Speaking about the struggles she faced despite coming from a film background, Madhoo said, "First of all, it was a struggle that I had to tell my father that I want to become an actor. Because he wanted me to become a doctor. Second, I did not have support and I did not have confidence.
I felt that if I told people that I wanted to become an actor, people would laugh. I had to get out of self-doubt. I did not even know how to approach someone for work.
All this was a big struggle for me. First of all, I got rejection." "My father was a producer, so he had a film Awaargi, which had Anil Kapoor, Govinda, and Meenakshi.
I had gone for the song recording of that film. When a producer saw me there, he told my father that he wanted to cast me in a film. But my father got angry about it.
But then I told my father to s.