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‘Playing 37-40 was difficult’
Priyanka Chopra, who dons a grey mantle for Vishal Bhardwaj’s
7 Khoon Maaf, in conversation with Sreya Basu
 You
play wife to seven actors in 7 Khoon Maaf and there were
quite a few intimate scenes with them. How comfortable were you
shooting them?
Here we are
talking about marriages and I don’t know of any marriage
without intimacy. And if you want to show love and pain, it
comes with a lot of other emotions. There is never an isolated
emotion of love or hatred or anger or intimacy. When you are
showing a scene, I am an actor playing a particular character, I
will go to the extent I am comfortable. This film is all about
Vishal sir’s (Bhardwaj) conception.
How was it sharing
screen with actors like Naseeruddin Shah, Annu Kapoor and Irrfan
Khan?
It was
nerve-racking initially because I had never worked with any of
them. I had known Annu sir for a while. I had done a workshop
with Naseeruddin sir right before I started the film, which
really helped me because he himself is an institution of cinema.
Irrfan is tremendously talented and we started the first
schedule of the film with him. It was a tricky edge for me
because I was playing a woman in the age group of 37-40 years.
It’s very difficult age group to play. So, I was very nervous
and I completely relied on my director to take me through that
and he did.
Shah Rukh Khan,
after seeing a few scenes from 7 Khoon Maaf, said you are
a She-ro (female hero). What do you have to say on that?
I think he is
being very kind to me.
You seem to be
disturbed with the news of recent Income Tax raids at your
residence
It’s shocking
for me`85the way unsubstantiated and source-based news are
produced as reality. You hear some rumours and make that
front-page news. Neither is there any attempt to find any truth
in the news, nor is the person asked what the reality is. This
kind of thing has happened to me for the first time. I am deeply
hurt; and it has deeply affected me. I have told what I had to
say. Further, I would continue cooperating with the
investigating authorities. As far as the news of Rs 6 crore been
discovered from my residence goes, neither there was money under
my mattress, nor have I seen so much cash. I have already issued
my statement to the media and I don’t think there is need to
say more.
There were reports
that Shahid Kapoor was present at the time of IT raids to
support you. How true was this?
My mother was not
at home at the time and Shahid lives three minutes away from my
place. So, yes, I called him because there was nobody else I
could call at that time and could come immediately. He was there
when this happened. — TWF
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