All About Hasee Toh Phasee

Sidharth Malhotra began shooting for Hasee Toh Phasee with co-star Parineeti Chopra on Thursday. "Nothing like facing the camera," he said, excitedly.

In his second screen outing, Sidharth plays a more relatable character. "It isn't an over-the-top role . And unlike my previous film Student Of The Year, where I played a student, I play my age and am shown as a middle-class working man," he said.

Of her role, Parineeti said, "My character is quite a difficult one. I deliberately choose roles that make me nervous. I do a lot of homework and until I get it right, I don't give up." Parineeti found Sidharth to be "a superb co-star" who "never gets worked up". She noted, "He kept telling me to take it easy". Sidharth felt "Parineeti has lot of spunk, energy and there is a good give-and-take with her" and admitted that her role had "more quirkiness" to it.

The first day involved the actors getting to know the new team, getting accustomed to the environment and discovering their characters. Both were happy about working with debutant director Vinil Mathew, a veteran ad filmmaker. "It didn't feel like the first day of shoot because he is so sorted and knows exactly what he wants. He made us rehearse a lot during a two-month workshop before shooting began," revealed Sidharth.

"Our producers, Karan Johar, Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane and Vikas Bahl visited us on the sets. We will have enough people to give their inputs on the film's creative," he added.

Hasee Toh Phasee, co-produced by Dharma Productions and Phantom Films, releases January 24, 2014
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