MUMBAI: The former Miss Universe Lara Dutta stunned everyone with her performance in her last release Bell Bottom. The actress looked unrecognisable as the former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, in the Akshay Kumar movie. The viewers lauded her performance and touted it to be one of Lara’s best performances.

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The ‘Partner’ actress was once offered a role in the popular movie franchise The Matrix years back, but she had to turn down the role. During a media conversation, Lara revealed that it was a tough time for her as her mother was unwell.

Lara was quoted saying, “It was a tough time. I had not even started out in Bollywood. But I was very clear about what I wanted in life. Everything else came second, I just had to be with my mother at the time. I did not even think twice and came back to India.”

“And, it wasn’t like I came here thinking we have Bollywood (as a backup, since I gave up on a huge Hollywood opportunity). I just had to be with my mother at the time since she was unwell, extremely unwell. Therefore, I did not even think twice and came back to India.”

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Lara has featured in Bollywood movies like No Entry, Bhagam Bhag, Billu, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom and others. She was last seen starring in Akshay Kumar’s Bell Bottom and in the web series Kaun Banegi Shikharwati alongside Naseeruddin Shah, Raghubir Yadav, Soha Ali Khan, Kritika Kamra, and Anya Singh. 

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