Dolly Ahluwalia Admits Getting 'Nervous' While Working With Anupam Kher In Calorie: But He Gave Me Space - EXCL

Dolly Ahluwalia and Anupam Kher's film, Calorie, premiered at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI 2025) in Goa. Directed by Eisha Majra, the film follows the story of a single Indian mother

who sends her daughters to India to help them reconnect with their Punjabi heritage. During the film's promotions, Zoom exclusively interviewed Dolly Ahluwalia. In this conversation, the veteran actress opened up about working with Anupam Kher.

Dolly Ahluwalia on working with Calorie co-star Anupam Kher

Describing her experience of working with Anupam Kher, Dolly Ahluwalia told us, 'It was I who was nervous because I knew it was Anupam, though he's a senior to me from the National School of Drama. I worked with him as a costume designer, but not an actor. It's not any buttering or anything, but he is a fantastic actor to work with because he gives you all the space not only to grow, but to make you satisfied."She further revealed, "The same was happening with the two younger girls, also. Whatever he was trying to tell, keeping the situation a little bit... my ears were open to understand what exactly he's meaning to the other characters so that maybe I get a line of emotion out of it. And he's such an experienced person."ALSO READ - Anupam Kher Shares Selfie With Sai Pallavi At IFFI, Calls Her 'Real, Affectionate'The veteran actress went on to admit, "And I'll not shy away from saying that I was nervous, honestly, but he gave me my space. And (he was) always encouraging."

More about Calorie

Eisha Marjara's film features Anupam Kher as Mohan and Dolly Ahluwalia as Gurdeep. They play great-uncle and great-aunt and host the two girls in India. Apart from that, the film stars Sana Syed, Puja Uppal, Usha Uppal and Peter Miller. Meanwhile, Calorie will have a Canada-wide theatrical release on November 28, 2025.