Nora Fatehi opens up on '100%' with John Abraham, Shehnaaz Gill

In August 2022, T-Series revealed plans for a film titled '100%,' starring John Abraham, Riteish Deshmukh, Nora Fatehi, and Shehnaaz Gill. Marketed as a thrilling comedy blending love, marriage, family, spies, and action, it marked Sajid Khan's return to directing after "Humshakals." Scheduled for a Diwali 2023 release, the project faced setbacks when reports emerged last year that it had been shelved due to John's unexpected departure.

In an interview with News18 Showsha, Nora stated, “It’s not happening in the way it was said it was going to happen. They’re restructuring and changing certain things. But it might even happen, who knows! Let’s see.”

In addition to '100%,' Nora is set to star in films like 'Matka' alongside Varun Tej and Remo D’Souza’s 'Be Happy' with Abhishek Bachchan, where she takes on leading roles. Despite gaining fame as a dancing sensation with hits like 'Manohari,' 'Dilbar,' 'Kusu Kusu,' 'Kamariya,' 'O Saki Saki,' 'Manike,' and 'Jehda Nasha,' Nora is thrilled to embark on a new phase in her career as an actor.

Even though she gained fame for her dance moves, Nora has never judged filmmakers for casting her in dance numbers earlier in her career. When it comes to recognizing their intentions for offering her dance roles versus acting roles, she said, “I see the difference but I also don’t think that one is better than the other. Both qualify as work and you’ve to bring something to the table in either of the cases.”

She had no problem with adding glamour and making the project more appealing and profitable. “If you’re coming to bring the glam factor in a film and uplift its commercial value, that’s a big deal too. Not a lot of people are able to do that. So I do a dance number in a film with a lot of pride. Getting to have your name attached to a project knowing that it will help it commercially is a big deal. It means that I must have done something great to reach this point,” Nora remarks.

For her, having screen time in a film was more important than anything else, and seeing her dreams slowly come true filled her with happiness.“It’s work at the end of the day. Once upon a time, I was a ‘nobody’. I was in my hood called Jane and Finch in Toronto hustling and doing four-five jobs. Today, a filmmaker is thinking about me and wanting to cast me and that’s helping me be in front of millions of people on a cinema screen. That’s a big deal for me. I look at it like that more than anything else."

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