Konkona Sen Sharma: Ranbir Is A New Experience
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 Konkona wonders how people are going to react to her pairing with Ranbir Kapoor in Wake Up, Sid.
"I'm getting to know Ranbir a bit only now after shooting for so many months. He's warm and sweet but we both keep in our own space. He's a very big star. And also a good actor. But most impressive is the fact that he knows everything about cinema, and not just acting. In front of him I feel like a novice. Ranbir knows about camera angles and all. In fact they even took his suggestions on camera angles. People want to see how we look together. We come from different genres of cinema. "
Konkona says she has no aptitude for the technical side. "I'm an actor,
and quite comfortable in that role. I don't think I've any plans of
directing a film."
She's all praise for her other co-star Farhan Akhtar too . "I've known
him for a while. It's hard to say Luck By Chance is his third film as
an actor. He's a natural."
Tabu was supposed to do Konkona's role in Luck By Chance, just like
Konkona was supposed to be the lead instead of Tabu in Mira Nair's The
Namesake.
Is this her way of getting even? "You're investing too much power into
the actors. I had heard Tabu was to do Luck By Chance. Even Page 3 was
offered to other people. I was just happy to get both. Luck By Chance is
such an intricately written script. The film has a lot of soul."
Although she doesn't like talking about it her new home done up by the
swanky Pavitra Rajaram occupies much of her creative space these days.
More so since she was down with a viral attack which kept her confined
home.
"I got this viral flu on the sets of Ayaan Mukherjee's Wake Up Sid. We
were shooting in a closed air-conditioned set . And when one person got
the fever so did everyone else. We had to take a few days off. But I'm
fine now.It's basically a coming-of-age story between me and Ranbir. No
point in shooting when we're not there. When you're feeling sick you
look sick on camera."
Early December 2008 Konkona moved into her new house. "I was dying to
move in. It's just fifteen minutes away from where I stayed earlier.
It's much more spacious and far more organized. In my head I am still
living in cottages and barsaatis. Even my earlier place just had stuff
cluttured all over. Now I was …. like bowled over because I've a real
dining table."
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