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 Q. You seemed to have achieved quite a lot in the South. Do you think this is it when we talk about your success down South?
A. To tell you frankly I was never serious about this line, which I
have chosen. I always wanted to be a copywriter, along with
advertising. Films happened to me by chance. That time I used to do
very few films as and when I got the time to do it. Eventually I
started taking up more films and finally I became quite a hot property
down South (laughs). I have achieved a lot in South and I am really
thankful to God for that and I want to do more. I just don’t want to
limit myself to anything. I did a lot of South films as the lead lady
and I am willing to do more.
Q. Comparing your career graph in the South with Bollywood, it seems you have yet not been successful here? What is the reason?
A. (Smiles), I know that. It is not that I didn’t get any offers post
Garam Masala. I was still studying when Garam Masala happened to me. I
had got offers after that too but I turned them down because I had to
complete my studies first. My mother had said that education is very
important at this date. All my family members, right from my mom to dad
to my sister, all are highly educated. Work can wait but education
should not. So I decided to abide by her and went to Bangalore to
complete my studies. In this due course I missed on a lot of projects
and that’s why my Bollywood career graph did not sail as smoothly as my
South film career did. But I am not complaining about it. I felt that
education was more important that time and I am happy I followed it
well.
Q. What did you aim in life?
A. My aim was too become a copywriter. I had watched a French film and
I was so inspired by seeing how this whole idea of copywriting works
that I decided to take it as my profession. I completed my fine arts
but unfortunately never got the opportunity of doing copywriting.
Instead I landed into films and I am still doing them.
Q. Your other co-stars in Garam Masala have moved ahead. What might have been the reason for your lacking behind?
A. The reason is quite simple. It is not that I was left behind. It is
that I opted to be left behind. And it was because of my, which was
much more important to me than anything. Education had much more
priority in my life
Q. You had some major problem with Neetu Chandra that time. Are things sorted now? Is she your friend now?
A. This is one question which I guess will never leave me. I would like
to inform you that there was so such scene. It is all baseless rumors.
We never had any fight. We used to tease each other on silly matters,
and that’s it. We used to keep pulling each others leg. All three of us
were ‘mastikhor’. Neetu and Nargis are my friends and I am very much in
touch with them.
Q. Nowadays people are getting instant success in television. Didn’t you feel like trying your hands on it?
A. Frankly I didn’t get the opportunity to act in television and I
guess I am happy for that. I don’t feel like doing television because
to have to play the same character for months and months together. I
like doing films because they are fast and far more better.
Q. What are your future projects?
A. I have 5 scripts in hand. 4 of them are like ‘pakka pakka’. But I am
still going through the scripting thing. I don’t want to hurry on
choosing films because I want to do the best film as my comeback film.
I want to take my time to decide that. Unfortunately it is too early to
disclose anything but I will keep you updated as soon as things work
out.
By Pratik Maheshwari
Sampurn Media
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