Actor Parineeti Chopra feels perturbed when people refer to her as the quintessential ‘girl-next-door’ of Bollywood. She hopes that with her forthcoming films Kill Dil and Daawat-e-Ishq, she will be able to break that stereotype.
In an interview, Parineeti has shared insights about working in Kill Dil, on being stereotyped as the ‘bindaas bubbly’ girl and dating rumours.
What’s it like working with Shaad Ali in Kill Dil?
I think I am in awe of Shaad. When I got the offer, I was happy I was going to work with the director of Saathiya and Bunty Aur Babli. But now that I’ve got to work closely with him, my love and respect for the person that he is, has touched the sky. He is is a joy to work with. For us actors in Kill Dil — Ranveer Singh, Govinda and me, Shaad is not just a fantastic director but also a friend. When we finished shooting we partied together.
So after Rani Mukerji are you the new Babli in Shaad’s cinema?
I hope not (laughs). I am not at all the bindaas bubbly type in Shaad’s film. I am very different in Kill Dill from the way I am seen in my other films. That’s what we all from the Kill Dill team believe. So far I haven’t done anything that’s glamorous, be it Shuddh Desi Romance or Hasee Toh Phansee, I’ve so far pretty much played the normal working class girl.
I think slotting you as the girl next door belittles your versatility?
That’s what I feel too. Whenever I am asked this, I’ve to spend half an hour explaining why I feel I don’t need to be slotted as the girl-next-door. Like when I am asked, ‘Oh, you excel at playing the loud Punjabi girl’. The funny thing is, I’ve only played Punjabi in my first four films released so far. I was not Punjabi in Ishaqzaade or the subsequent films.
Then why this perception?
Maybe some people think just playing loud characters makes me Punjabi. But if you think about it, the girl I played in Hasee To Phansee was very different from the girl in Ishaqzaade. I hope Daawat-e-Ishq and Kill Dill kill that image.
What about a boyfriend. One never hears of you being linked with anyone?
Oh, there is one link-up, with Maneesh Sharma — that’s always there. That rumour never goes; maybe because I spend a lot of time with him, even go out with him. Over here if you are seen with the same man more than once, you’re presumed to be involved with him. But the truth is that I haven’t really found a person to be in a relationship with.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 7th, 2014.
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