Laughter Chefs' Aly Goni recalls struggling to find a home in Mumbai during his initial days, landlords would say 'Hum Muslims ko ghar nahi dete'
, one of television's most popular couples, have taken a significant step in their relationship by moving in together in Mumbai. However, their house-hunting experience was not without its challenges.
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In a recent interview, Aly got candid about the discrimination he faced when looking for a home in the city, detailing the bias he felt as a
.
In a recent podcast with InControversial, Aly got candid about the initial struggles of finding a house in Mumbai, he shared how landlords turned him down despite being a popular face on TV. Aly said, 'I have never faced discrimination in the industry for being Kashmiri. However, I faced it a lot during the house hunt.
Aaj bhi hota hai. Jasmin and I were searching for a house, but many people rejected us, saying, 'Hum Muslims ko ghar nahi dete.
' The majority of them were the old people."
He further got candid about how the struggle to become successful in the Industry is real. Aly credited the Industry Insiders for helping him reach where he is, Aly quipped, 'The struggle is there. It is everywhere, but in showbiz, we get a lot of disappointments.
We faced a lot of challenges right from the audition process to casting in the show. Nowadays, due to social media, people get famous by making reels. Sometimes we would doubt ourselves when the casting director avoided us casting in the project by giving some vague reasons.
Young actors don't know what the audition is. I got support from the industry people. Especially,
has kept me in every possible show of Balaji. The struggle is never going to end."
Apart from his acting skills, the actor cooks amazingly well and has been entertaining his fans with
. Aly recently returned to the second season of the show and this time he is paired opposite Reem Shaikh.
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