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25-01-07, 11:12 AM
Life has changed for Ayesha Takia.
The lady proved her mettle in Dor, bagging the Star Screen Best Actress Critics Award for the same. She will now be seen in Nikhil Advani’s Salaam-E-ishq which releases tomorrow, January 25. Excerpts from an interview with Vickey Lalwani:
Last year has been a great year for you.
Yes. God has been kind. Dor has changed a lot of things for me. it has opened up new avenues.
i am grateful to Nagesh Kukunoor for trusting me and giving me this opportunity. i needed a film like Dor and am really glad it happened.
How has the industry reacted to your winning awards?
Everybody is happy for me. It’s so sweet of the industry to still call me and appreciate my work. I hope to win some more awards (laughs).
People have realised my potential and now understand what I’m capable of. It’s very important for me to know what I’m doing in a film. It has to really excite me and move me.
My forthcoming films include Salaam-E-Ishq, Fool N Final, De Taali, Kya Love Story Hai and No Smoking.
What is Saalam-E-ishq all about?
Salaam-E-ishq is the story of six groups of people, from different parts of the world. They are from different walks of life, ignorant about each other. But they end up being brought together by destiny, fate and love.
And what about your role in the film?
Please don’t ask me. We have been strictly told not to reveal anything. All i will say is that my track is with Akshaye Khanna. We really had a blast on the sets. it was so much fun and excitement. i wasn’t jittery at all.
What about your other film, No Smoking?
in No Smoking, i’m paired opposite Bollywood heartthrob John Abraham. i play John’s love interest in more than one way; i play not only John’s wife, but also his secretary. The film is expected to be a comic treat, especially when the two characters of Ayesha are not twin sisters but are in John’s life. it’s definitely a ‘double trouble’ situation in the film.
We hear there are some rules on the sets of No Smoking?
Producer Kumar Mangat has reportedly gotten strict with the film’s crew to keep them from smoking on the sets because the whole purpose of the film is to give an anti-smoking message. The producer has begun fining anyone who is caught smoking on the sets. And the fine is also hefty, Rs 500.
This strict code does not spare even the movie’s director Anurag Kashyap who is a regular smoker. Whenever Anurag is caught smoking a cigarette he has to shell out Rs 500. Moreover, lest anyone smoke on the sly, Mangat has reportedly hired a cameraman to photograph those who try to smoke stealthily. Actor Ranvir Shorey too has been fined by the producer.
You refused Nagesh Kukunoor and even Yash Raj films…
i don’t believe in shedding clothes and locking lips in today’s dare-bare scenario. Therefore, i refused Nagesh Kukunoor’s Aashayein which required me to kiss and yes, i even turned down Yashraj’s Neal N Nikki sometime back on similar grounds. Under no circumstance will i kiss in a film, no matter how tempting the role is.
http://ayesha-takia.net/
The lady proved her mettle in Dor, bagging the Star Screen Best Actress Critics Award for the same. She will now be seen in Nikhil Advani’s Salaam-E-ishq which releases tomorrow, January 25. Excerpts from an interview with Vickey Lalwani:
Last year has been a great year for you.
Yes. God has been kind. Dor has changed a lot of things for me. it has opened up new avenues.
i am grateful to Nagesh Kukunoor for trusting me and giving me this opportunity. i needed a film like Dor and am really glad it happened.
How has the industry reacted to your winning awards?
Everybody is happy for me. It’s so sweet of the industry to still call me and appreciate my work. I hope to win some more awards (laughs).
People have realised my potential and now understand what I’m capable of. It’s very important for me to know what I’m doing in a film. It has to really excite me and move me.
My forthcoming films include Salaam-E-Ishq, Fool N Final, De Taali, Kya Love Story Hai and No Smoking.
What is Saalam-E-ishq all about?
Salaam-E-ishq is the story of six groups of people, from different parts of the world. They are from different walks of life, ignorant about each other. But they end up being brought together by destiny, fate and love.
And what about your role in the film?
Please don’t ask me. We have been strictly told not to reveal anything. All i will say is that my track is with Akshaye Khanna. We really had a blast on the sets. it was so much fun and excitement. i wasn’t jittery at all.
What about your other film, No Smoking?
in No Smoking, i’m paired opposite Bollywood heartthrob John Abraham. i play John’s love interest in more than one way; i play not only John’s wife, but also his secretary. The film is expected to be a comic treat, especially when the two characters of Ayesha are not twin sisters but are in John’s life. it’s definitely a ‘double trouble’ situation in the film.
We hear there are some rules on the sets of No Smoking?
Producer Kumar Mangat has reportedly gotten strict with the film’s crew to keep them from smoking on the sets because the whole purpose of the film is to give an anti-smoking message. The producer has begun fining anyone who is caught smoking on the sets. And the fine is also hefty, Rs 500.
This strict code does not spare even the movie’s director Anurag Kashyap who is a regular smoker. Whenever Anurag is caught smoking a cigarette he has to shell out Rs 500. Moreover, lest anyone smoke on the sly, Mangat has reportedly hired a cameraman to photograph those who try to smoke stealthily. Actor Ranvir Shorey too has been fined by the producer.
You refused Nagesh Kukunoor and even Yash Raj films…
i don’t believe in shedding clothes and locking lips in today’s dare-bare scenario. Therefore, i refused Nagesh Kukunoor’s Aashayein which required me to kiss and yes, i even turned down Yashraj’s Neal N Nikki sometime back on similar grounds. Under no circumstance will i kiss in a film, no matter how tempting the role is.
http://ayesha-takia.net/