'Beautiful full-circle moment': Sharvari on working in Sooraj Barjatya's next film

Actor Sharvari, who will be seen alongside Ayushmann Khurrana in filmmaker Sooraj Barjatya's upcoming romantic drama 'Yeh Prem Mol Liya', says being part of the project feels like a "beautiful full-circle moment" as it brings her closer to the Bollywood world she grew up admiring.

The film, directed by Barjatya, is scheduled to release in theatres on November 27.

Sharvari said watching Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor and Sonali Bendre perform in iconic Hindi film songs during her childhood played a significant role in inspiring her to pursue acting.

"Bollywood songs and dance are actually a big part of why I wanted to become an actor," Sharvari said in a statement.

"I grew up watching Madhuri ma'am in 'Didi Tera Devar Deewana', Karisma ma'am and Sonali ma'am in 'Maiyya Yashoda', and I would come home and dance to these songs, imagining myself as that heroine on screen one day. I think somewhere, those moments made me fall in love with the idea of Bollywood," she recalled.

The actor said the romance, emotions and elaborate song-and-dance sequences associated with classic Hindi cinema had always fascinated her.

"I've always loved the romance, emotion and larger-than-life magic of classic Bollywood songs, the way you could tell an entire story through a song and dance," she said.

For Sharvari, working with Barjatya, known for family dramas and romantic classics such as 'Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!', 'Maine Pyar Kiya' and 'Vivah', has given her an opportunity to experience the cinematic storytelling she admired as a child.

"So getting to experience that with Sooraj Barjatya Ji's 'Yeh Prem Mol Liya' feels incredibly special. It feels like a beautiful full-circle moment, getting to live the kind of Bollywood I grew up watching and dreaming about. I'm genuinely enjoying every moment of it," she said.

The upcoming film marks Sharvari's collaboration with Barjatya, whose films are widely associated with family relationships, romance, music and traditional storytelling.

With 'Yeh Prem Mol Liya', the actor said she was enjoying the experience of being part of a cinematic world that had inspired her earliest dreams of becoming a Bollywood heroine.