How many screen tests did Manisha Koirala have to give for the film '1947 Love Story'?

 The name of the film is not 1947 - Love Story but 1942 - A Love Story.

Initially, Manisha Koirala had auditioned for the role of the lead character’s sister, a role that was eventually dropped entirely from the film's final script.

In her first screen test Manisha enacted a scene and was bluntly dismissed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra stating her as a “terrible actress”.

However, Manisha was undettered and asked for 24 hours to practice her lines and prove herself. She spent her entire day passionately rehearsing and returned for her second screen test.

Her second screen test was so impressive that Chopra not only signed her but cast her in the lead role of Rajeshwari Pathak (Rajjo) after Madhuri Dixit had dropped out from the film.

Chopra then instructed Manisha that she has to wake up at 4:00 am and sleep around 7–8 pm. His point was that both the superstars are in love with her in the film. She had to look beautiful and perfect. The audience shouldn't feel cheated.

Manisha Koirala's beauty was celebrated in, “1942 A Love Story”. Her luminious and innocent on-screen appearance became one of the defining visual highlights of the film.

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When did Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Manisha Koirala fight over a man?

 Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has made all of us proud and she is very well settled with Abhishek Bachchan but during her initial phase of modelling and acting career she had a cold fight with Manisha Koirala.

Aishwarya was linked with Rajeev Mulchandani who was also a model, however Aishwarya later stated that he was only a good friend.

It all started in 1994 when Manisha Koirala claimed in a magazine that Rajeev Mulchandani had dumped Aishwarya Rai for her.

Time passed and around 1995 Aishwarya was on her visit to India as Miss World when she had a talk on this issue with Rajeev. Aishwarya was shocked when Rajeev informed her that Manisha had even claimed to have found some letters that Rajeev had written to Aishwarya.

Aishwarya finally thrashed Manisha’s false claims in the December issue of Showtime Magazine in 1999. She said that it came as very rude and shocking to her. Aishwarya also questioned that if there was any kind of authenticity in Manisha's claims, why didn't this piece of information came out in 1994.

The fight would have taken a ugly side but as time passed and the crowning of Aishwarya Rai as “Miss World” would have been the reason that she thought it was better to ignore the matter.

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To what extent was the relationship of Nana Patekar and Manisha Koirala?

 Nana Patekar and Manisha Koirala starred in two films in 1996. They were Agnisakshi and Khamoshi – The Musical. Their off-screen chemistry and love affair had caught the eye of the public. To add to it Manisha’s neighbors also informed that Nana was even spotted leaving her house early in the mornings.

Both the stars were known for being short tempered. Above that Nana was said to be extremely possessive about Manisha and would object on issues like wearing revealing clothes or doing bold scenes. This heated their relationship and Manisha realized that even though she loved Nana she was heading towards a dead end.

Nana was living separately and it all ended when Manisha once spotted Nana and Ayesha Julkha in a closed room (reports also stated in an intimate moment). There were some harsh words for Ayesha. Nana wanted to mend the relationship with Manisha but she was not interested anymore.

On the break-up Nana once told to a leading magazine that, Manisha is the most sensitive actress around. She is like a kasturi hiran, (deer) she still needs to realize that she doesn't need to keep pace with anyone. She has it all and that's more than enough. He said that he can barely hold back his tears when he sees what she had done to herself. He also said that he has nothing to say on the matter today.

A break-up is a very difficult phase. You have to experience it to know the pain. He said he cannot describe the pain that he went through. The concluding lines of his interview were, “I miss Manisha."

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Where was Manisha Koirala born?

 Though Manisha Koirala is recognised as a famous Indian actress, she is basically from our neighbour country Nepal. She was born in Biratnagar, a metropolitan city in Nepal.

She was born on 16th August 1970 in the famous Nepali political family, Koirala. She is the daughter of Prakash Koirala and the granddaughter of Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala.

Though she was born in Nepal, she was grown up in India, she spent her early life in her maternal grandmother’s house in Varanasi, studied until 10th grade in Varanasi and then she moved to Delhi and studied at the Army Public School.

When she decided to become an actress she moved to Mumbai in search of roles in films.

Before she made her Bollywood debut in 1991 with Subash Ghai's Saudagar, she made her acting debut in 1989 with the Nepali film Pheri Bhetaula during a break after her class 10. Manisha Koirala became the most successful and the highest paid actresses of her time in Bollywood.