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With Delhi Heights, Ek Chalis Ki Last Local, Shootout atLokhandwala in the first half of the year and now Mithya being short-listed for Osians' Film Festival, sun is indeed shining bright for Ms. Dhupia.
Excerpts from an Interview:
What has been your alternate cinema experience like in Rajat Kapoor’s Mithya?
Rather hectic, I must admit. I was surrounded by supreme actors of the caliber of Naseeruddin Shah, Ranveer Shorey and Vinay Pathak. There was a certain amount of pressure on me, which I haven’t experienced earlier even on bigger banners with big stars.
Notwithstanding your reputation screen siren what prompts you to take up a role in a realistic film?
I was taken by surprise myself when Rajat Kapoor approached me for this role. I remember asking him ‘Are you sure you want me?’ taking into consideration that we both have completely different cinematic sensibilities. However, my motivation for committing myself to Mithya was to work with ace performers. I took it up as a creative challenge.
Reportedly Naseer is a gangster in the film and you are his moll, so do you have intimate scenes with him?
Although I play the part of a moll, she is not just a showpiece running after petty gains. There is a deep meaning to each of her move in life. There is crackling chemistry between us but no intimacy really. It’s not your regular gangster flick, it’s just a story involving a gangster. I must give the devil his due, Rajat has really brought out great performances from all of us.
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Of course I was absolutely in awe of him but he on his part was never interfering or sermonizing. He is very polite and humble, I remember even when he thought I wasn’t emoting it right during one shot, he suggested casually that why don’t I try to react more subtly.
Mithya does seems like a contradiction of sorts -it’s about a gangster but not a gangster film and then it features two of today’s leading comedians - Ranveer and Vinay. So how much action and how much comedy is there in it?
Mithya, the title means falsehood, what you is not what you get. It is not a film where the hero bashes up 60 people, that’s just not Rajat’s sensibility. There is a deeper meaning to the film. It is not an action film in that sense and half of it is comical. Ranveer plays a struggling actor and this is his best performance to date. Vinay plays a sub-flunkey, his humour is simply endearing.
What is it about the film that it got short listed for Osians' festival?
When we had the first trial of the film there was a pin drop silence for five minutes after the film got over and then a thunderous applause! It just takes your breath away, the manner in which the plot unfolds is completely surprising. It’s the story that works.
With three good releases in the first half of 2007 and now a festival release, your career is surely careering well.
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Oh yes, it’s been a good year. But you have to keep raising the bar, every time you have to climb a notch higher. Every time the expectations from my fans and makers are growing and it does take away a lot out of me.
And how do you de-stress yourself?
By watching films, sweating it out in the gym, even playing a sport takes my mind off work. I also do some breathing exercises but my top stress buster is playing board games - especially Monopoly.
What else, Neha?
I am excited about Saurabh Shukla’s I am 24, in which co-star Ranveer Shorey, it is a romantic comedy. I also have Dus Kahaniyan and Kuchh Love and Kuchh Drama coming up next.
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