“I was always bold. I always wanted to be a fashionable actor. Growing up in Lucknow, I did not understand why I was stopped from dressing or being a certain way. I could not understand how being a girl or my religion had anything to do with what I chose to wear. I was mentally and physically abused and felt dead from inside. I even tried committing suicide but in that one moment decided to give my life a deserving chance it deserved. I ran away to Delhi. I was just 17.
I started taking tuitions to support myself and paid my rent. Later, I started working in a call center. I would buy clothes in stock or sale and would try to design newer wears off them. I was always into clothes and wearing them the way in which I felt self-accepted and unapologetically myself.

Soon, I decided to go and try my luck in Mumbai. I used to stay at my friends’ houses while doing odd jobs, giving interviews and going for auditions. Often for food, I would struggle. After a brief period of struggle, I cracked a TV Serial, a childhood dream of mine. I started getting type casted into similar roles but felt grateful for the financial stability. I let go of that and tried my destiny in Bigg Boss OTT. But I was evicted within a week and back to square one. I began experimenting and uploading with the things I was best with, my passion for clothes! My expressions through what I wore, the world trolled me and called my choices rubbish and weird. I was questioned about my morality and character.

But not caring about faceless people’s opinions on the Internet, I kept embracing myself and expressed self-acceptance through my choice.

Today, we present to you someone who is standing against the world’s tide of unsolicited opinions, internet trolling and verbal or mental abuse.
Uorfi Javed, setting the podcast on fire with her raw self and way as a true rebel!

We talked about -
-Her early life and struggles back home in Lucknow.
-Running away from home at an early age and surviving independently.
-Coming to Mumbai and struggling as an actor
-Finding her own voice and talent through fashion as a DIY artist
-Seeking financial stability and breaking in the business of glamour
-Handling trolls, abuse and Paparazzi!
-Advice to embracing oneself and living unabashedly

#uorfijaved #humansofbombay #podcast

Timestamps:
00:00 - Urfi is here!
00:36 - Growing up in Lucknow as a teenager
01:00 - I was born into the wrong family
02:50 - Facing the trolls
03:30 - I don't know what I am
04:10 - I was always bold
04:51 - Only clothes made me happy
05:23 - Wanted to be a fashionable actor
06:07 - Small town struggles
06:41 - I ran away from home..
07:04 - I had turned suicidal
07:46 - I didn't have a game plan
08:30 - I was physically assaulted
9:45 - Dealing with childhood traumas
10:35 - Relationship with siblings
11:10 - Someone uploaded my pic at a porn site
13:16 - There was no shelter and food
14:00 - I started giving tuitions and work at a call center
16:14 - I was stupid as hell
17:23 - Bombay is where I had to be
18:28 - I wanted to be a TV Star
19:11 - My first audition is on YouTube
20:09 - I borrowed money to buy costumes for Bigg Boss
22:00 - I had no work
23:37 - I was a joke on the Internet
24:35 - I was always into D.I.Y
25:22 - I love fashion and attention
26:23 - Kareena wala lehenga
27:15 - Big Brands Copy from African Tribes
28:30 - I want money, I like money
29:35 - Relationship with family now
30:18 - Cut toxic people out
32:48 - Bought my Mom an iPhone
34:10 - Working with Designers
35:55 - I cannot have a relationship
36:45 - Struggles to find a house and relationship with Paparazzi
39:22 - I want 2 rooms just for my wardrobe
40:55 - I don't want a guy to pay for me
41:20 - Let's know Urfi Javed
42:06 - Kareena Kapoor praised me
42:53 - Want to spend a day with Rekha Ji
44:00 - A trip to Nostalgia
44:20 - I met Javed Akhtar
46:45 - Your life is your life
47:42 - Never had a Plan B
48:31 - Parting Words
48:39 - Credit Frame


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Uorfi Javed
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Twitter:   / uorfi_  
Facebook:   / officialurf7i  

Karishma Mehta
Instagram:   / karimehta05  
LinkedIn:   / karishma-.  .

About Humans of Bombay –
Humans of Bombay is a movement that started 8 years ago. We believe that every person has a story to tell and we want to help them tell these stories. In these years we’ve published stories across genres – stories of love, hope, faith and courage. And through our storytelling, we’ve built an engaged community of over 4.5M!

Our idea is simple – to strike a chord with our community and catalogue the beat of humanity, one story at a time.

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