I've got more acceptance than criticism:Katrina

Katrina Kaif: I've got more acceptance than criticism
Sankhayan Ghosh : Fri Dec 20 2013, 11:41 hrs

Katrina Kaif on surviving Bollywood from 'Boom' to 'Dhoom 3', dealing with competition, criticism and making time for things that she loves.

Ques: You've worked with Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan and now Aamir Khan in Dhoom 3. Did you wish for something like that when you started your career?

Katrina: No. I just wanted to be a part of good films. The fact that I have worked with legends in our industry is great. It's my good luck, but who is cast opposite me is immaterial. I have worked with many young and relatively new actors too.

Ques: Does being a Dhoom heroine bring special demands for the character? How did you prepare for the role?


Katrina: The franchisee is a lot about style " the girls have to be glamorous, look fashionable and edgy. I play a circus performer, an acrobat, and to look the part I went through months of training. I have had to do most physical hard work for 'Dhoom 3'. It involved a lot of "performance" and using certain circus apparatuses, like hoops and straps. It's not something that you can just come on the sets and say I'll do it in a few hours.

Ques: Did you perform your own stunts in the movie?


Katrina: There must be a total of only three shots in the film that haven't been done by me. And you will be able to tell those scenes. I'm not athletic by nature. So the whole package that my character (Alia) had to offer, in terms of doing something unlike me, was appealing.

Ques: Your box-office records have been unquestionable but people have been critical of your acting skills. How do you take criticism and how much do you introspect and try to improve?

Katrina: The job of critics is to have an opinion, and as an actor I respect that. At times they are useful, they throw good insights and sometimes they don't. As long as I know where to push myself I don't need anyone to tell me that. Before you can tell me, I already know where I should have done better. I'm reasonably self-critical. Had I not believed so, I wouldn't have put in time to prepare myself for the roles.

Ques: Do you get time to watch films given your frenetic pace of life?


Katrina: I have been watching a lot of foreign TV shows lately such as 'Grey's Anatomy, Top of the Lake, Breaking Bad' and 'The Killing'. You always get time to do what interests you. I always seek out these things so I can learn. But I need to catch up on Hindi films.

Ques: Do you think people have been unfairly critical of you?


Katrina: I don't think people have been critical of me, whatever I have faced whether it is good, indifferent or not so positive has been very balanced throughout my career. In the years I have been here I've got more acceptance than criticism. I don't think I have ever been treated unjustly.

Ques: How does competition affect you?

Katrina: I wish I could say it does but it doesn't because I'm too focused on what I am doing. I'm too driven to hold anyone else's benchmark as a mark for myself. I know what I want to achieve in my own head. Competition only keeps you on your toes.

Ques: Recently in Koffee with Karan, Ranbir Kapoor said that the leaked photographs of you and him in Ibiza didn't bother him much because he considers it a part and parcel of being a movie star. Did the pictures anger you?

Katrina: The pictures came as a shock and it irritated me. It was more because it was a precedent to something that has not happened here before " the pictures of a personal moment like this have never come out in all the years I've been working in India. If something like that happens again, I won't be surprised anymore because now we are aware of the media's reach. I won't be okay with it, but I'll be prepared for it.

Ques: When you look back through the 10 years in the industry from Boom to Dhoom 3, what do you attribute your success to?




Katrina: Destiny, luck, hard work, timing and a large part of it is to do with being true to myself. Maybe that came from the lack of knowledge of being something else but that's what worked for me.

Ques: Considering that you have mostly done big, mainstream films till now, do you contemplate doing something more female-oriented and non-mainstream?


Katrina: Firstly, I don't segregate films as female-oriented or mainstream. A film is a film and if it offers me something challenging I'll do it. Yes, since 'Dhoom 3' has a lot of dance, performance and physical movements, now I'll probably be in the mood to do something more personal and intimate.

Ques: As an artiste, do social issues affect you? Do you believe you should reflect those in your work?


Katrina: I don't think they need to be reflected in your craft. You can use your voice to support causes or charity.

Now that i have seen the movie, i sorta feel sorry for her when i read about all the intensive training she had to undergo for this film..But she did pretty well with the little that was given to her😆 The biggest positive about Kat is that she knows her strengths and shortcomings to perfection😆

I knew it and said so she had a body double esp in kameli!! Esp the head spin and some other crazy things..as it requires extensive training which takes years to learn!!

exactly as u said it Jess, she is intilligent, she signs those films which she knows will work irrespective of her acting disaster... in a way its good for her, she know show to gain it, why take risk when u r given easy choices ?..

Haha, what? Not even all the stunts were performed by her? Seriously, what was she doing then? 😕

Originally posted by: Star_girl

Haha, what? Not even all the stunts were performed by her? Seriously, what was she doing then? 😕

not only PC,deepika ! Even Sonakshi,kareena were bashed for their flowerpot roles once by the katrina fans . I want to see what they have to say now

^^ Harshu, PC at least, had a role. Katrina does not. 😕 Flowerpot is also a role. But as my friend said, an extended item-girl cameo is not. That's just my opinion.

Originally posted by: Deathstroke

i think it was a pretty wise decision for her 2 sign dhoom3, the franchise sells u know, just the way PC stayed as a flowerpot in K3 and gave the stage to kangna, and still dint wana lose the franchise from her filmography.. i feel Kat did the same too...

but ironically, when krrish3 released, i did see many of Katrina followers bashed PC left right and centre for being the LEAD actress in krrish3 , but now atleast we know that PC had a shorter role but still which was important to the film's plot and without her the plot wouldn't be complete, on the contrary acc to ppl who watched Dhoom3, deducting kat's role from it doesnt affect the plot much..

so my problem is here, when Kat does such a role, its good, ohh she is hott and she is numero uno and she got the best deal, but when for say DP or PC attempts for such roles, they dont have good films in kitty, they are falling out, they r despo for BO hit and blah and blah... hypocrisy much..?

not only PC,deepika ! Even Sonakshi,kareena were bashed for their flowerpot roles once by the katrina fans . I want to see what they have to say now