Back in the 90s, the Aashiqui actor gave up Bollywood fame to follow her spiritual calling. But what is Anu Aggarwal up to now?
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00:00I am the original Aashiqui.
00:08I am living, eating, breathing, sleeping yoga.
00:21You know what I loved really about the role was the fact that the girl says,
00:26I want to stand on my feet.
00:28And that was, I thought that that was, you know, I wanted to like just stand on the rooftop and,
00:35you know, you know, blow it out and announce it to all the girls.
00:47Like I would take an auto to go swimming.
00:50And in the auto, all the autos would play Aashiqui songs and look in the mirror,
00:55looking at me behind.
01:12My first rule was that the script has to be ready.
01:15The second rule was I will not take all black.
01:18And the third thing was that the girl has to be a person, you know.
01:24So it's not going to be three songs and, you know,
01:27one or two tear jerking scenes, which is what it was for the girls at the time.
01:30So it has to be a character.
01:32You know, like walking on chappals and not having the Jimmy Choo heels.
01:57It was like a hunger in me to know myself.
02:00A hunger in me was just telling me that, hey, listen, money does not buy happiness.
02:06I was ready to do anything.
02:07I was ready to give up anything, everything, money, you know, become a renunciate,
02:13you know, live with two clothes and one bag and, you know, one chappals and no makeup.
02:30So
02:48my body was still half paralyzed.
02:50I wasn't, I was gone.
02:52And again, I went back and shaved my head and took sannyas because,
02:58you know what the accident did?
03:00It actually pushed me further.
03:07For me, it was joyous.
03:09I was just like, I was away from the paparazzi.
03:13For me, it was freedom.
03:14I mean, even if it went like, you know, a dormitory, even if it went like, you know,
03:19it was like I could walk the hills.
03:22I could, I could hug trees.
03:23I could like, nobody was looking at me, you know.
03:27And I, for me, it was that silence, that quietness and that non-recognition,
03:35you know, for me, that was what the treat was.
03:57So that's what I want to share with people because that is the secret to finding your
04:11inner joy, to wellness, to success eventually.
04:27There is a very strong connection between me and Aashiqui.