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Why so serious?
By VICKY LALWANI, Mumbai Mirror | May 21, 2013, 12.00 AM IST
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We ask Sonam Kapoor who seems to be extraordinarily focussed on her new slate of films that could finally earn her the elusive actor stripes.
Sonam Kapoor is growing up. And the signs are all there - she is learning from her mistakes and is admitting to them.
The actress, who had started off with Saawariya, has had better luck with her brand endorsements and fashion appearances than at the box office.
Though she does not mind the fashionista tag which is taking her places (read Cannes, Paris), the 27-year-old claims she is serious about getting it right with her new slate of films, starting with Raanjhanaa.
"Even before Thank You, and Players hit the theatres, I realised my life was not going the way I wanted," she says, looking mint-fresh in a blue and white denim-jacket combo. We forget it's barely been hours after she returned from Cannes to shoot for her next with Ayushmann Khurrana. "I was working on big projects, but I wasn't comfortable. I realised I had not earned my right to be there. I needed to be a better actor. Was I being hard on myself? Maybe, but that's the truth," she says with surprising candour.
Apparently, that is when Sonam decided to swap big-ticket projects for scripts and directors. "There was no point no point trying to be something that I was not. I needed to switch off. I needed a break," she says.
After Players bit the dust, Sonam decided hang her boots, temporarily. Till both Anil Kapoor and Aditya Chopra talked her out of her unhappy state. The latter even offered her a challenging role in his untitled next, a rom com set in Delhi.
A spot of introspection, a few bitter pills past, Sonam has a couple of interesting projects lined up, that could actually give her the credibility she craves. She calls the switch from Aisha and Players to Bhaag Milkha and Raanjhanaa as her 'progression," but clarifies: "My role in Bhaag Milkha not the meatiest one, but it gave me an opportunity to work with Rakeysh Mehra after Dilli- 6. I flourish under love and respect. I can't handle screaming and shouting. And Mehra's set up is perfect for me."
Heaping praises on her co-star Farhan Akhtar, Sonam says the film "added to her confidence." She is also in awe of her other co-actor, Dhanush in Raanjhana. "He was being modest when he said in his interview to Mirror that I was very patient with him. He is such a fine actor... He is just giving me too much credit!" she gushes.
In Anand Rai's film with Ayushmann, Sonam claims it is her middle-class core that prompted the director to cast her in the film. "Even today, I have a curfew hour. My parents are very loving but I am still answerable to them.
My dad still takes me to Chembur to remind me that we should never forget from we started our journey," she says with a touch of her newfound wisdom.
'Being single is better'
Does being single - Sonam broke up with Punit Malhotra - help her to focus better on her work. She laughs, "Who says I wasn't always single? I think not being in a relationship is good for me, it's easier working this way. I just want to be on sets now, nowhere else."
Sonam Kapoor is growing up. And the signs are all there - she is learning from her mistakes and is admitting to them.
The actress, who had started off with Saawariya, has had better luck with her brand endorsements and fashion appearances than at the box office.
Though she does not mind the fashionista tag which is taking her places (read Cannes, Paris), the 27-year-old claims she is serious about getting it right with her new slate of films, starting with Raanjhanaa.
"Even before Thank You, and Players hit the theatres, I realised my life was not going the way I wanted," she says, looking mint-fresh in a blue and white denim-jacket combo. We forget it's barely been hours after she returned from Cannes to shoot for her next with Ayushmann Khurrana. "I was working on big projects, but I wasn't comfortable. I realised I had not earned my right to be there. I needed to be a better actor. Was I being hard on myself? Maybe, but that's the truth," she says with surprising candour.
Apparently, that is when Sonam decided to swap big-ticket projects for scripts and directors. "There was no point no point trying to be something that I was not. I needed to switch off. I needed a break," she says.
After Players bit the dust, Sonam decided hang her boots, temporarily. Till both Anil Kapoor and Aditya Chopra talked her out of her unhappy state. The latter even offered her a challenging role in his untitled next, a rom com set in Delhi.
A spot of introspection, a few bitter pills past, Sonam has a couple of interesting projects lined up, that could actually give her the credibility she craves. She calls the switch from Aisha and Players to Bhaag Milkha and Raanjhanaa as her 'progression," but clarifies: "My role in Bhaag Milkha not the meatiest one, but it gave me an opportunity to work with Rakeysh Mehra after Dilli- 6. I flourish under love and respect. I can't handle screaming and shouting. And Mehra's set up is perfect for me."
Heaping praises on her co-star Farhan Akhtar, Sonam says the film "added to her confidence." She is also in awe of her other co-actor, Dhanush in Raanjhana. "He was being modest when he said in his interview to Mirror that I was very patient with him. He is such a fine actor... He is just giving me too much credit!" she gushes.
In Anand Rai's film with Ayushmann, Sonam claims it is her middle-class core that prompted the director to cast her in the film. "Even today, I have a curfew hour. My parents are very loving but I am still answerable to them.
My dad still takes me to Chembur to remind me that we should never forget from we started our journey," she says with a touch of her newfound wisdom.
'Being single is better'
Does being single - Sonam broke up with Punit Malhotra - help her to focus better on her work. She laughs, "Who says I wasn't always single? I think not being in a relationship is good for me, it's easier working this way. I just want to be on sets now, nowhere else."
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