I was quite a dreamer as a child: Katrina Kaif.

Geared up for the release of her new film
"Jagga Jasoos", a musical directed by Anurag
Basu, Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif says
she was a dreamer as a child, and preferred
watching children's cinema rather than
reading comic books when she was
younger.
The actress' character in the film has a child-
like quality.
Reminiscing her own days as a child, Katrina
told IANS in an interview here: "I was quite a
dreamer as a child, and very musical. I used
to love watching musicals (films) and would
imagine a lot of stories in my head. I think I
used to live in my own wonder world.
"I had quite an imaginary mind. Probably
that is why I become an actress. I was not
so much into comic books and all. Rather I
used to watch 'Beauty and the Beast', 'Mary
Poppins', 'The Sound of Music'. I loved
watching them again and again."
She finds "a lot of similarity of the genre
with 'Jagga Jasoos' that Dada (Basu) tried to
create. This is one of the films that is meant
to have a universal appeal... It's crafted in
that way. But of course, it is quite a task to
do that... Catering to a wider audience".
The film features Katrina with Ranbir
Kapoor, with whom she has earlier starred
with in "Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani" and
"Raajneeti".
Interestingly, this is the first time she has
acted in a musical and one which took three
years to be made.
Asked about her shooting experience,
Katrina said: "Besides the fact that it took a
long time, I really enjoyed shooting the film
because it was a unique creative journey for
me. I think in three years, a lot of things
have changed in the life of all the people
who are associated with the film, and I am
one of them.
"Now that the film is over and the result is
up around the corner, at this very moment, I
cannot feel the emotion. But once we can
see the result of the film, I will be able to see
its whole magnitude. Having said that, how I
have grown as an actress through the film,
that only the audience can decide after
seeing my performance."
Being passionate as an actress, Katrina says
she has become more focussed on her
choices in life and that has helped her to
grow as an individual.
"I think we must not forget about the
greater picture of life and that shouldn't be
determined based on your current status of
success as an actor. You know, now, I would
rather wait than do something just because
I want to be occupied. Everything that I am
doing right now, and probably the most
part of my journey that I did, is something
that I wanted to do.
"I think success and popularity in any field
are attractive, but for actors, the waves of
fame will come and might go away but you
need to have a dream. As long as you take
your work as mission, you work hard to
make a mark. But don't let the result of your
hard work break or make you," she said.
No wonder most of her co-actors and
directors compliment her for being hard
working.
"In earlier interview I said that it's a boring
adjective (laughed)... I mean everyone is
hardworking. I think people should come up
with new adjectives and hopefully soon,
after this release," she said.
The film is releasing on July 14.

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