Finally, A Successful Audition, and I Feel Like Joey Tribbiani

At last, after about 8 auditions, I finally scored one – a TV ad for Godrej washing machine. The shoot was yesterday. Unfortunately, friends and family members trying to see me will have to watch with their fingers on the pause button. It’s not a blink-and-miss part I’m playing; it’s a miss-even-if-you-don’t-blink.
 I’d reached the audition for this ad at the fag end (no dirty jokes here please) of the second day, which was a good thing, ’cause a couple of my friends had been there on the first and they say it was obscenely crowded. After a roughly 10-15 minute look at what was going on, I played my part and did get smiles out of the casting lady and the other folks who’d come to audition. I never thought I’d get the part, and I didn’t, actually; they cast me in another part. I don’t know if they picked …


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