I only want to act: Anushka Sharma
Model Anushka Sharma, made her debut in Bollywood in 2008, talks about her upcoming film 'Band Baaja Baaraat'.
NEW DEHLI:
Anushka Sharma made her debut with Yash Raj Films’ (YRF) Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, which starred actor king of Bollywood-Shah Rukh Khan, but unfortunately, the film failed to do very well at the box office.
Her third outing, Band Baaja Baaraat, is another production by YRF, but the actor clarifies she was never under a three-film contract with the studio.”There was never any three-film deal or contract with YRF that could have bound me in any way,” said Sharma.
“I signed (director Nikhil Advani’s Akshay Kumar-starrer) Patiala House before I signed Band Baaja Baaraat. It’s just that this one is releasing before.”
After making her debut in 2008, the 22-year-old was next seen with Shahid Kapoor in Badmaash Company which was directed by Parmeet Sethi and produced by YRF.
The former model is now striking a hat-trick with Band Baaja Baaraat which will be releasing on December 10. Directed by debutant Maneesh Sharma, it marks the launch of Ranveer Singh in the male lead.
The romantic comedy is set in Delhi and revolves around gala weddings and wedding planners.”I play Shruti Kakkar. She is a girl from a middle-class family in Delhi and is very ambitious, focused and hardworking. Her priorities are set and she is very straightforward and very enduring,” said Sharma.
But playing the role was not easy for her.”I had to learn to speak like a Delhiite. My diction had to be correct. I had to adapt a body language which is very easy going, open and casual, just like the people there,” said the actor. The film draws parallels from the movie Aisha, which also released this year, featuring Sonam Kapoor playing an event manager and match maker in Delhi.
Delhi girls are known for their temper and when asked if her character incorporates that too, she immediately replied, “Absolutely. You can’t mess with her or act smart with her. You can’t fool Shruti. She is just way too smart.”
The actor, who made a mark with her girl-next-door look, was also upbeat about her styling in the new venture. “We tried to pick street fashion. So it was very basic girls-who-go-to-college-today outfits. Shruti is someone who does not care about her clothes. She doesn’t focus on styling. So in the whole film, I’ve worn t-shirts with jootis, kurtis with stoles,” she said.
Having already worked with A-list stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Shahid Kapoor and Akshay Kumar, who is the next actor on her wish list? “I want to work with all the actors. I am very greedy. They are all so great,” said the actor.
She is satisfied with her work in Bollywood so far. “It has been very fulfilling because I am doing the kind of work that I want to do. I am not under any pressure to do anything. I do the films that I want to do. I have the right to say yes or no, so I am enjoying my space,” she said.
When asked if she misses modelling, Sharma declared, “Now I only act. No (more) modelling, I only want to be an actor.”
Published in The Express Tribune, December 9th, 2010.
Anushka Sharma made her debut with Yash Raj Films’ (YRF) Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, which starred actor king of Bollywood-Shah Rukh Khan, but unfortunately, the film failed to do very well at the box office.
Her third outing, Band Baaja Baaraat, is another production by YRF, but the actor clarifies she was never under a three-film contract with the studio.”There was never any three-film deal or contract with YRF that could have bound me in any way,” said Sharma.
“I signed (director Nikhil Advani’s Akshay Kumar-starrer) Patiala House before I signed Band Baaja Baaraat. It’s just that this one is releasing before.”
After making her debut in 2008, the 22-year-old was next seen with Shahid Kapoor in Badmaash Company which was directed by Parmeet Sethi and produced by YRF.
The former model is now striking a hat-trick with Band Baaja Baaraat which will be releasing on December 10. Directed by debutant Maneesh Sharma, it marks the launch of Ranveer Singh in the male lead.
The romantic comedy is set in Delhi and revolves around gala weddings and wedding planners.”I play Shruti Kakkar. She is a girl from a middle-class family in Delhi and is very ambitious, focused and hardworking. Her priorities are set and she is very straightforward and very enduring,” said Sharma.
But playing the role was not easy for her.”I had to learn to speak like a Delhiite. My diction had to be correct. I had to adapt a body language which is very easy going, open and casual, just like the people there,” said the actor. The film draws parallels from the movie Aisha, which also released this year, featuring Sonam Kapoor playing an event manager and match maker in Delhi.
Delhi girls are known for their temper and when asked if her character incorporates that too, she immediately replied, “Absolutely. You can’t mess with her or act smart with her. You can’t fool Shruti. She is just way too smart.”
The actor, who made a mark with her girl-next-door look, was also upbeat about her styling in the new venture. “We tried to pick street fashion. So it was very basic girls-who-go-to-college-today outfits. Shruti is someone who does not care about her clothes. She doesn’t focus on styling. So in the whole film, I’ve worn t-shirts with jootis, kurtis with stoles,” she said.
Having already worked with A-list stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Shahid Kapoor and Akshay Kumar, who is the next actor on her wish list? “I want to work with all the actors. I am very greedy. They are all so great,” said the actor.
She is satisfied with her work in Bollywood so far. “It has been very fulfilling because I am doing the kind of work that I want to do. I am not under any pressure to do anything. I do the films that I want to do. I have the right to say yes or no, so I am enjoying my space,” she said.
When asked if she misses modelling, Sharma declared, “Now I only act. No (more) modelling, I only want to be an actor.”
Published in The Express Tribune, December 9th, 2010.