• March 29th, 2009 •
Ajnabee, Raaz, Jism, Dhoom 2, Omkara, Race and now Aa Dekhen Zara. What’s this attraction to thrillers Bips?
Well, I have to thank Ajnabee. I never used to watch Hindi films while I was modelling, and because my first film was a thriller, it got me the much acclaimed fame, and there I was in the world of acting. I somewhat have this special love for thrillers and I love watching them. It’s great to be a part of so many thrillers I’ve worked in.
Do you think the mousey-girl-next-door type roles are passe, out, I mean?
Mousey is a little difficult for me to play anyway (laughs). If I did play, I could be a very strange mousey girl. I can’t be little because I am tall (laughs). Jokes apart, a girl-next-door role is definitely not passe. It has been an essential crux of quintessential Bollywood for years, and yes, there is a scope for such roles still but being stylist and glamorous has surely taken over, and that in turn is because the actresses are too glamorous now-a-days.
What’s the best moment you’ve captured on your digi cam so far?
It was 30th of July 2008 when my niece, Nia, was born. I was in the gymnasium when my mother called informing me that the baby was delivered. I rushed back and there she was. A picture perfect moment.
Has there been a high point so far that you look back at and think that where your career has changed direction?
Honestly, I’ve never really thought so much, neither have I planned right from day one where my career will lead me to. For a person who didn’t want to be an actor, then, getting into it full time as a profession, liking the work I do, everything has been different you know. At various points of time, my first film Ajnabee, then Raaz, then people telling me don’t do a Jism and still doing it, going into No Entry to do a full on commercial masala entertainer, then Corporate, Dhoom 2, Race, Bachna Ae Haseeno, I think the high points have been many and I’ve enjoyed every bit of it. No matter what I do, even the smallest of the roles have got me some kind of appreciation, and I thank my audiences for that.
Is it getting easier to juggle being an A list actor who is still single? b I will be single till I get married (laughs) but at the same time I’ve been in a relationship with John since eight years. It feels like me and John, have been a couple for eight years, all going pretty and strong. I’m loving, every bit of our relationship which we are juggling since almost a decade now.
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