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Playing Kapil Sharma's wife on
his comedy show is what she's
best known for, but Sumona
Chakravarti is keen to
experiment.
The actor, who also stars in a
serial with Ram Kapoor, and now
an episode in a crime show, has
been doing films on and off too.
With another movie " a Salman
Khan-starrer " coming up, she
has her hands full.
How was the experience of
working with Salman in a film?
Superb, though it's a cameo. It's
not like I belong to a film family,
that I will get a big break. Doing
a Salman film will get me visibility,
so why not? I remember him
waving to me when he saw me
on the set, but there were lots of
people around, and I thought he
was waving to someone else. I
was surprised, especially when
he came and told me that he likes
me on my comedy show. Later,
he asked me why I didn't join the
unit for lunch. When I said I had
eaten in my van because no one
told me, he said that I didn't
need special invitation. We had
some friendly banter, and he's
like that with everyone. People
are in awe of him, but he's
friendly and has his own, unique
style.
You have worked with Ranbir
Kapoor too.
He was quite chilled out. I even
did Mann (1999) as a child, and
Aamir Khan, too, was quite cool. I
am blessed to work with such
professional people. Though I
didn't share screen space with
Priyanka Chopra in Barfi! (2012),
she was warm to me during the
trial. I was surprised that people
noticed me in that small role. The
industry is watching Kapil's
show, so perhaps I'm being
noticed. I don't want to be stuck
in the role of a heroine's friend.
I'm not saying I am hoping for a
launch like Deepika Padukone,
but I hope to get good roles.
Buzz is that your show with
Ram is ending. Is that true?
We haven't got any such
intimation. There were similar
reports about Kapil's show
taking a seasonal break too. We
might be taking a shooting break
" not on-air " for a few weeks,
to change the set.
Is being known as Kapil's wife a
hindrance?
A lot. People think he is my
husband in reality too. He told me
that I'll never get a husband as
people think we're married. I've
had men come up to me at
restaurants and events and call
me Mrs Sharma. This year, I've
resolved to fall in love.
his comedy show is what she's
best known for, but Sumona
Chakravarti is keen to
experiment.
The actor, who also stars in a
serial with Ram Kapoor, and now
an episode in a crime show, has
been doing films on and off too.
With another movie " a Salman
Khan-starrer " coming up, she
has her hands full.
How was the experience of
working with Salman in a film?
Superb, though it's a cameo. It's
not like I belong to a film family,
that I will get a big break. Doing
a Salman film will get me visibility,
so why not? I remember him
waving to me when he saw me
on the set, but there were lots of
people around, and I thought he
was waving to someone else. I
was surprised, especially when
he came and told me that he likes
me on my comedy show. Later,
he asked me why I didn't join the
unit for lunch. When I said I had
eaten in my van because no one
told me, he said that I didn't
need special invitation. We had
some friendly banter, and he's
like that with everyone. People
are in awe of him, but he's
friendly and has his own, unique
style.
You have worked with Ranbir
Kapoor too.
He was quite chilled out. I even
did Mann (1999) as a child, and
Aamir Khan, too, was quite cool. I
am blessed to work with such
professional people. Though I
didn't share screen space with
Priyanka Chopra in Barfi! (2012),
she was warm to me during the
trial. I was surprised that people
noticed me in that small role. The
industry is watching Kapil's
show, so perhaps I'm being
noticed. I don't want to be stuck
in the role of a heroine's friend.
I'm not saying I am hoping for a
launch like Deepika Padukone,
but I hope to get good roles.
Buzz is that your show with
Ram is ending. Is that true?
We haven't got any such
intimation. There were similar
reports about Kapil's show
taking a seasonal break too. We
might be taking a shooting break
" not on-air " for a few weeks,
to change the set.
Is being known as Kapil's wife a
hindrance?
A lot. People think he is my
husband in reality too. He told me
that I'll never get a husband as
people think we're married. I've
had men come up to me at
restaurants and events and call
me Mrs Sharma. This year, I've
resolved to fall in love.
Arjun
