Bipasha Basu talks about her 'Hollywood venture' and more
Mumbai: Actress Bipasha Basu has been appreciated for her looks in her first Hollywood venture "The Lovers". And she believes “looking good” is all about health and happiness.
In her first Hollywood venture, the actress sports a no make-up look as Maratha warrior Tulaja Naik. Roland Joffe has directed the time travel romantic adventure saga, which was earlier titled "Singularity".
Excerpts:
Q: What about the film that you did with Roland Joffe?
A: It's called "The Lovers" now. It's will be coming in a few months. I am really looking forward to it. It's one of my most challenging roles in recent times. People tell me I look my best in “The Lovers”. I am advised to do the no make-up look more often.
Q: And you are also looking your best?
A: I think looking good has to do with looking after your health and being in a happy space. I am happy at peace with myself. Everything around me is peaceful and under control. You know, my greatest stress used to be my younger sister's career. By god's grace she's doing well for herself. She's a journalist. That's a load off my back. Nothing gives me more happiness than to see my family well settled.
Q: I've seen you go through the worst of times and coming out unscathed?
A: It's really very simple. When the Tsunami strikes, you have no choice but to try to swim to safety across the choppy waves. One has to protect oneself from the dark forces when they hit you. You never know when they will hit you. It's life. The hard times are bound to come. Nothing prepares you for them.
Q: Are you looking at "Creature 3D" as your third big blockbuster with Vikram Bhatt?
A: It should become a blockbuster, because it's the first creature film in India. Whatever we may say we have very little variety in our mainstream cinema. "Creature" cracks a new genre. People are looking at it as a horror film, but the rush of thrill in a creature film is very different from a typical horror film. Creature has got the feel of "Anaconda", "Jurassic Park" and "Godzilla". It's a task, because we are introducing Indian masses to a new genre of horror.
Q: You are also doing a film called "Alone"? Why so many horror and supernatural films?
A: Why not? Why don't you ask other actors why they do slapstick or action or romantic-comedies repeatedly? In "Alone", I am doing a passionate love story for the first time since "Jism". I play conjoined twins and the two girls are completely opposite from one another and yet the sisters love one another so much.
Q: So one more supernatural film?
A: I want to travel that dark road. Earlier this question would stump me. But now I know what I am doing. And I've just done five supernatural films. This is a genre where the woman actor can drive the plot towards box office success. Every other genre of cinema in our country is the men's forte. I think my presence in the genre adds something to it.
Q: In "Creature 3D" you remind me of Raquel Welch?
A: That's most flattering. Recently I did a magazine shoot where I was dressed up like Audrey Hepburn. I remember when I had just come into cinema I was compared with Sophia Loren.All these comparisons to these timeless beauties is most flattering. But I don't aspire to be inspired by other greats. I want to be inspirational in my own right.
Q: You haven't been signing too many films lately?
A: I don't plan and strategise my releases. "Creature" has been a very difficult film to make. The film's post-production was very demanding. This film took a good 10 months more to complete than a normal film would. Other films have a maximum of two-three scenes with special effects. Our film has special effects from the word go. So while the film was completed, I was busy with other things. Life continues to move at a crazy speed. So if you ask me what I've been up to I'd say a lot.
Q: Your concluding remarks?
A: Questions about my career plans are always very confusing. I never planned anything. The supernatural films just happened. And they opened new doors for me as an actress. When I did "Aatma", I actually felt like that little girl's mother. Which other actress would have agreed to play a vicious star on the decline that I did in "Raaz 2"? Which actress would risk playing a falling superstar? I've never bothered with my image. But I don't want to ever again stand behind the leading men looking lost and miserable.
Mumbai: Actress Bipasha Basu has been appreciated for her looks in her first Hollywood venture "The Lovers". And she believes “looking good” is all about health and happiness.
In her first Hollywood venture, the actress sports a no make-up look as Maratha warrior Tulaja Naik. Roland Joffe has directed the time travel romantic adventure saga, which was earlier titled "Singularity".
Excerpts:
Q: What about the film that you did with Roland Joffe?
A: It's called "The Lovers" now. It's will be coming in a few months. I am really looking forward to it. It's one of my most challenging roles in recent times. People tell me I look my best in “The Lovers”. I am advised to do the no make-up look more often.
Q: And you are also looking your best?
A: I think looking good has to do with looking after your health and being in a happy space. I am happy at peace with myself. Everything around me is peaceful and under control. You know, my greatest stress used to be my younger sister's career. By god's grace she's doing well for herself. She's a journalist. That's a load off my back. Nothing gives me more happiness than to see my family well settled.
Q: I've seen you go through the worst of times and coming out unscathed?
A: It's really very simple. When the Tsunami strikes, you have no choice but to try to swim to safety across the choppy waves. One has to protect oneself from the dark forces when they hit you. You never know when they will hit you. It's life. The hard times are bound to come. Nothing prepares you for them.
Q: Are you looking at "Creature 3D" as your third big blockbuster with Vikram Bhatt?
A: It should become a blockbuster, because it's the first creature film in India. Whatever we may say we have very little variety in our mainstream cinema. "Creature" cracks a new genre. People are looking at it as a horror film, but the rush of thrill in a creature film is very different from a typical horror film. Creature has got the feel of "Anaconda", "Jurassic Park" and "Godzilla". It's a task, because we are introducing Indian masses to a new genre of horror.
Q: You are also doing a film called "Alone"? Why so many horror and supernatural films?
A: Why not? Why don't you ask other actors why they do slapstick or action or romantic-comedies repeatedly? In "Alone", I am doing a passionate love story for the first time since "Jism". I play conjoined twins and the two girls are completely opposite from one another and yet the sisters love one another so much.
Q: So one more supernatural film?
A: I want to travel that dark road. Earlier this question would stump me. But now I know what I am doing. And I've just done five supernatural films. This is a genre where the woman actor can drive the plot towards box office success. Every other genre of cinema in our country is the men's forte. I think my presence in the genre adds something to it.
Q: In "Creature 3D" you remind me of Raquel Welch?
A: That's most flattering. Recently I did a magazine shoot where I was dressed up like Audrey Hepburn. I remember when I had just come into cinema I was compared with Sophia Loren.All these comparisons to these timeless beauties is most flattering. But I don't aspire to be inspired by other greats. I want to be inspirational in my own right.
Q: You haven't been signing too many films lately?
A: I don't plan and strategise my releases. "Creature" has been a very difficult film to make. The film's post-production was very demanding. This film took a good 10 months more to complete than a normal film would. Other films have a maximum of two-three scenes with special effects. Our film has special effects from the word go. So while the film was completed, I was busy with other things. Life continues to move at a crazy speed. So if you ask me what I've been up to I'd say a lot.
Q: Your concluding remarks?
A: Questions about my career plans are always very confusing. I never planned anything. The supernatural films just happened. And they opened new doors for me as an actress. When I did "Aatma", I actually felt like that little girl's mother. Which other actress would have agreed to play a vicious star on the decline that I did in "Raaz 2"? Which actress would risk playing a falling superstar? I've never bothered with my image. But I don't want to ever again stand behind the leading men looking lost and miserable.
Alia Bhatt is a star and I don't work with stars: Mahesh Bhatt |
New Delhi, Sep 12: Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has never been hesitant in investing in newcomers and fresh talent. But when it comes to working with his own daughter, the young and vibrant Alia, he has his reservations.
Bhatt calls his youngest daughter a "star". Asked if he will ever work with his daughter, the 64-year-old, known for making serious and meaningful films including "Arth", "Saraansh", "Naam" and "Daddy", said an emphatic "No". "She is a star in her own world, and I don’t work with stars," the film veteran said here. With over four decades of experience in showbiz, he has given a chance to some of the then “not so known faces” who later went on to make a remarkable name in the film world. One such example is Anupam Kher, who witnessed a sudden boost in his career with his role in “Saaransh”.
Mahesh Bhatt's banner Vishesh Films has also launched Rahul Roy in “Aashiqui”, Sunny Leone in “Jism 2”, and Pakistani actress Sara Loren in “Murder 3”. Alia, on the other hand, has became a youth icon, thanks to her successful roles so far. Be it for her role a student in her debut film “Student of The Year”, a kidnapped rich girl in “Highway”, an IIM student in “2 States” or a would-be-bride in “Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania” - she won appreciation from all quarters.
Sharing his reaction on her career graph as a father and as a filmmaker, Bhatt said: “She is lucky to get what she wants.” But for him, success comes with a clause. “She got what we call 'the misfortune of success' because I was fortunate enough to be unsuccessful when I started and then I was groomed in the pain. She had the privilege to take a fantastic take-off in the industry and that too with diverse films. But it's still a beginning,” he said.
Bhatt feels "she has to do a lot to keep on fulfilling the unreasonable demands that audiences make" because no one spares anyone in their failure. "Remember this nation didn't even forgive Sachin Tendulkar, who had a spectacular take-off and when he leaned down, he had to face lot of criticism. This is public place, they worship success, but they hate failures too,” added the filmmaker.
TV challenging for Riya Bamniyal
"Luv Ka The End" fame Bollywood actress Riya Bamniyal makes her television debut with "Yeh Hai Aashiqui". And she found the experience of working on the small screen "challenging, but fun".
In the show, she will be seen as a struggling model and comparing her experience on both the mediums, she said.
"Working on television is quite challenging as in a single episode one has to portray a lot of emotions, but at the same time, fun."
"There is a new found respect for television, which I have discovered while working for it," she said in a statement.
The episode featuring her talks about the strength of love and how Riya's character Ahana leaves home to chase her dreams.
While struggling in Mumbai, love enters her life in the form of Arijit, played by Ravish Desai. Life takes a drastic turn when Ahana suffers partial memory loss after an accident. But her love sticks with her and helps her achieve her dreams.
Actor Ritwik Dhanjani, who will take the viewers through the entire story, will host the episode. It will be aired Sep 14 on Bindaas.
"Working on television is quite challenging as in a single episode one has to portray a lot of emotions, but at the same time, fun."
"There is a new found respect for television, which I have discovered while working for it," she said in a statement.
The episode featuring her talks about the strength of love and how Riya's character Ahana leaves home to chase her dreams.
While struggling in Mumbai, love enters her life in the form of Arijit, played by Ravish Desai. Life takes a drastic turn when Ahana suffers partial memory loss after an accident. But her love sticks with her and helps her achieve her dreams.
Actor Ritwik Dhanjani, who will take the viewers through the entire story, will host the episode. It will be aired Sep 14 on Bindaas.
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