MUMBAI: Jyoti Gauba is one of the most popular actresses on the small screen. She has done over 600 commercials to date and made her film debut with the film Idiot Box. She was also seen in films like Take It Easy, Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic.

She has been featured in many television shows like Ek Hasina Thi, Kavach... Kaali Shaktiyon Se , Badii Devrani, Maat Pitaah Ke Charnon Mein Swarg, Agent Raghav – Crime Branch, Love Marriage Ya Arranged Marriage, Ek Mutthi Aasmaan, Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki, Hello Friends, Phir Subah Hogi and Mastaangi - One Love Story Two Lifetimes.

She was last seen as Supriya Vyas in Piyaa Albela. Currently, she is portraying the role of Anuja Chaturvedi in Star Plus's Imlie. She has been a part of Imlie since before the leap playing a grey-shade character. The audience loves her performance.

Tellychakkar recently got in touch with the actress and got to know interesting insights about her.

Do you remember your first-ever audition?

“My first ever audition was for an advertisement. This was 24 years back. It was a popular brand and when I went for the shoot, I saw famous television actors. I lost my confidence and felt very conscious about facing the camera. I did not know any technical terms they were using. It took me 6 months to bag my first project but then there was no turning back after that.”

Do you remember the first moment when you felt you were famous?

“I was doing a lot of advertisements back in the day and whenever I used to go out, for instance, to get vegetables, people used to turn and look at me. I knew I was famous then.”

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Do you remember your first pay cheque?

“Yes of course. It was on contract and I was very happy when I got the cheque because in a day I had made a big amount of money. It was 35000 Rs for just one day but I was on a contract that I couldn’t collaborate with other brands for ads for that certain period.”

Do you remember the first fan moment?

“Yes, it was after one of the advertisements I had done. Whenever I used to go around people used to identify me with that advertisement and the bit I did in it. Even the kids did it a lot and after a point, I got annoyed and fired at them.”

Do you remember your first friend in the industry?

“It was my first daily soap and was with Directors Kut production. There I met Geeta Tyagi and we are still very good friends. We both are shooting for different shows of Four Lions productions. We bond well and to date are very close.”

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