afreen alvi was born and raised in a simple middle class household in delhi apart from her parents she has four brothers and two sisters in fact she is the first from her family to have come to this industry the actor who did shows such as naagin 4 and shubh laabh shares how it all startedactually i started my career in delhi i wasnt an actor at that timeread alsoexclusive imlie actor zohaib siddiqui on how he pursued his family to become an actor i come from that era where everyone thought doctor and engineer are the only jobszohaib siddiqui who is currently seen in the role of dhairya in imlie spoke to etimes tv for our tellyblazer segment about how he became an actor after quitting his job as a mechanical engineeri used to do modelling ramp shows but then i used to give auditions because my passion was acting since the beginning at that time in delhi the fashion industry was flourishing so i started modelling and along with that i gave a few auditions here and there and got a part in a movie later i moved to mumbai and started giving more auditions for films tv and now ott as well she sayssharing more about the difficulties during her initial days she adds i faced so many struggles from shifting in mumbai to getting work its a big deal to stay in the city as its very expensive and mumbai has this vibe of pushing you really but i was determined and faced a lot even rejection and loneliness away from family you have to make the right contacts in the starting and reach out to the right people so yes thats not easy at allcoming from modelling getting acting jobs was not easy as people had apprehensions against her that happened i must say because i didnt know technical things about giving auditions and how to properly act but yes since i kept giving auditions i learnt a few things but sometimes things would go so bad that i used to wonder if things would work out or not but i took my chance because acting was and still is my passion adds afreen not many know she also did theatre in delhi for some timenaagin 4 happened to afreen by chance and quite unexpectedly i auditioned in a different production house but then somebody from balaji called and said do you want to do a cameo in naagin it was doing the main leads sister role i was there for a short time period but it was an impactful role so i auditioned and got selected thats how it happened she continues again for shubh laabh i got a call to audition i was so happy to bag the part my experience in the show was amazing the shubh laabh team was really good they were like family to me i am still in touch with them and the production team was so