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By Our Correspondent Š2007 Bollyvista.com |
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Dia Mirza |
What did you think when director Reema Kagti and Farhan Akhtar narrated the script of 'Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.'?
You know after 'Parineeta', I wondered if I would get to do some new and interesting cinema again. Then came Reema with this stunningly refreshing script in hand, which was so different from the star-studded extravaganza I am usually offered. Reema had taken these six honeymooning couples on a package tour and put all their stories together in a mesmerizing narrative, which was not larger than life to make it look foolish, yet not so close to real life to make it boring. It was just what the actor in me was looking for!
How did the idea of there being more than 12 actors in the film, including Shabana Azmi, Boman Irani, Kay Kay Menon and Raima Sen appeal to you?
The film was not about heroes and villains, about the good guys and the bad, but about a whole bunch of newly married people with stories woven around each couple's love and relationship. The script was so path-breaking that I did not take me a minute to say yes. I have already done my share of main leads, am not an insecure actor to be intimidated by the presence of my co-stars.
What's your take on your character in the film, Shilpa Shah the newly-wed Gujarati girl?
I have played a variety of characters in my films, but what made Shilpa's character so endearing to me was that it was so real to life. While Reema had gone into the details of the characterization of the Guju girl who loved her Hindi cinema and bhel puri. Arjun Basin designed the clothes exactly as a lower middle class Gujarati girl from Mumbai would wear. The twist is that unlike the very docile girls from this community who are brought up thinking that husbands should be treated like God, she hates her husband!
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