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Nov 30, 2009 - 03:45 PM
Genelia: Lucky Girl!
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(Excerpts from the interview)
I had tested for Jaane Tu… before Aamir Khan Productions took over," she remembers adding, "Then a year later they were testing again and had tested more than 400 girls for the role of Aditi. And then on the day I was coming back from Chennai after a shoot I got a call from Aamir Khan Productions and they were like, 'Meet us tomorrow morning'."
She wasn't very happy with the short notice but fortunately, she decided to meet them immediately after she landed at the airport the next morning. "I was tired but we met with Aamir, Abbas Tyrewalla (director) and Aamir's wife Kiran. We were sitting down and Aamir said, 'Every film has a role meant for a particular actor.'" Little did she know that Abbas still wasn't sure and thought a newcomer would have been better in the role. He asked for another week to find someone. But Aamir turned out to be Genelia's saviour. "She fits the role," he said and then related how Juhu Chawla wasn't a newcomer when he did Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak but she was perfect for the role. "He was amazing. After that, from my very first scene he kept telling me I was good," she smiles.
It's My Life (a remake of her hit Telugu movie Bommarillu) is about a father and a son's relationship. "Possessiveness sometimes comes out of concern and respect makes you hold back a lot of things that you want to talk about. To prevent hurting your father, you'll use respect not to hurt him and say nothing. The connect with this film will be super strong. I went with my family and we were all in tears. I'm glad that I got a chance to play it again," she smiles.
Well one might reasonably assume that she is still more excited about her Shahid Kapoor film, Chance Pe Dance. "Shahid is a great guy and obviously he's like a teen sensation and we had a pretty similar start. We connect very easily and I had a great time shooting on Chance Pe Dance. It's a very sweet character," she says. And the lucky girl has also had a chance to work with hunk John Abraham in Hook Ya Crook, which is currently on hold due to John's leg injury. "The climax needs a lot of running," she clarifies. And so, I ask, how it was different working with these hotties. "Hurman, Shahid and John are all different. I'm closer to Shahid though. They're all focused and know what they're heading into and know what they want. I didn't know what I wanted then. They have their own unique ways of being involved. They have their own girl following and I enjoy seeing the girls freak out over them," she bristles. But, she does mention, that though all the boys rag her, Hurman is the 'good boy' of the lot.
For the full interview by Sailesh Ghelani pick up the Filmfare issue dated December 9, 2009
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