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INTERVIEW
Ritesh Sharma chats up Lara Dutta, who is back in action with her latest film
Billu
IT’s quite some time we have seen a big release from you except for a special appearance in Om Shanti Om and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.
It must be exciting to be part of a big film like Billu Who wouldn’t have been excited? It’s not only Billu (originally called Billu Barber) or acting with Shah Rukh Khan and Irrfan Khan. It’s also Red Chillies Entertainment, which every actor dreams of working with.`A0Moreover, it’s a great script. I would say the script is everything in Billu. The producers were skeptical if I would be able to play the role of a mother of two children. But I was bang on to lap it up. You play a villager in this film, which is something completely different from your real life image Yes but I wanted to be part of this film. It’s a cute story and even if I had only a couple of scenes or I was playing the mother of 10 children, I would have readily accepted the role. And above all I knew I was working with two of the best actors — Shah Rukh and Irrfan and a director like Priyadarshan. So wasn’t it obvious to work in a film, which has got everything`85from a good story to good actors and a brilliant director? So how was it playing the role of a rural woman? You have played that once earlier in Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost. This time it was tougher. In the first place, Priyan sir is very accurate, perfect and particular about things. So there wasn’t any room for mistake. And I knew that from the very beginning because I have worked with him earlier. He is a delight to work with. Secondly, this role is completely deglamourised. In Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost, there was still a bit of glamour but this time, the role was more rustic and I had to look a lot more deglamourised with almost no make up. You next film, Blue, however, sees you in a glamourised role? I love playing deglamourised roles but at the same time that doesn’t mean I will play the same kind of roles. I don’t want to be typecast`85that was never my plan and that’s why I take time to choose a role and do fewer films. Blue is a wonderful film complete with action and has an element of thrill. Where do we see you next? There are two more films that release this year. The first is Ravi Chopra’s Banda Yeh Bindaas with Govinda, Tabu and Boman Irani. It’s a hilarious film. And you know how much I had to work on this role because all three, Chi Chi, Boman and Tabu are fabulous actors. I share great chemistry with Govinda and we complement each other. So it was fabulous working with him again. And then there is David Dhawan’s Do Knot Disturb again with Govinda and Riteish Deshmukh. You have also launched your website Yes, it has been
finally launched and is called mylaradutta.com. It’s for my fans who
want to know about me and I will personally reply all my mails and
interacting with my fans. There are a lot of things that come out but
this will answer only the true things. — TWF
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Yes
it’s quite some time if you leave aside these two films and the
voiceover I did in Jumbo but this absence was the reason why I
will be seen more this year. The last two big releases were Partner
and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. After that I was almost out of
India throughout the last year. I was busy shooting for Blue,
which was shot at real locales, which needed lot of travelling.