I think cinema is changing-Anushka Sharma

You may accuse her of retorting with the clichéd ‘demand of the script’ response when asked about her kiss with co-star Shahid Kapoor in this Friday’s release Badmaash Company, but Anushka Sharma does seem to mean what she says.

“I don’t see it as a kissing scene. It’s a part of the screenplay. I think cinema is changing and we are not doing (kissing) for the heck of it. We do not need to do this (kiss) to attract attention,” Anushka is quoted as saying by a news agency.

Rather, Anushka says the chemistry that her character Bulbul shares with Shahid’s character Karan in the film, makes the kiss look very natural between them.

“When you see the film, the kind of chemistry Bulbul and Karan share, the kind of love that’s there between them, you will be able to understand that the scene was justified,” said the 22-year-old girl from Bangalore.

This is Anushka’s second film after Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi in 2008.

Barbara Mori had gone completely bald for her role in a Spanish film

When producer Rakesh Roshan and director Anurag Basu first met Barbara Mori for Kites story narration in Los Angeles, the actress just had inch long hair as she had gone completely bald for her role in a Spanish film.

She had just completed shooting for her film Cosas Insignificantes (Insignificant Things) that spoke of the intricacies of human relations. For her role, the Mexican beauty had shaved her head, because in the film, her screen son has cancer and is losing hair, so she expresses solidarity with him this way.

Producer Rakesh Roshan, who flew to Los Angeles to give Barbara a narration, admits that when he saw his future heroine with only one inch long hair, he was hesitant to sign her on. “I was aghast,’’ admits Rakesh. “I asked her how we would shoot with her six months down the line, but she was confident that her hair would grow or else she suggested that she would put hair extensions.’’

Director Anurag adds, “Barbara looked beautiful in short hair too. I had an option to have her with short hair in Kites, but in our industry actresses generally don’t have short hair. So later when she came to India, we did some look tests with Barbara in short hair and also with hair extensions and she looked even prettier in long hair.”

Thereon began the bald and beautiful tales of Kites!

Actress Anjana Sukhani had a gala time bonding with Dimple Kapadia

Actress Anjana Sukhani, who plays a middleclass girl in romantic comedy `Tum Milo To Sahi’, had a gala time bonding with veteran actors like Dimple Kapadia and Nana Patekar.

"Dimple never made us feel that she is a senior actress. She was more like a friend, a teenager at heart. I did not call ma`am. I would call her D. She is very bubbly, sophisticated and classy all at the same time," Anjana told reporters in an interview.

The `Bobby` actress has united with Patekar after 16 years for the movie. They were last seen together in 1994` film `Krantiveer`.

Talking about Nana, who is known for his angry image in the media, Anjana said the actor was the joker on the sets and did funny things to ensure a laugh after a hectic day of
shooting.

Directed by Kabir Sadanand and produced by Nikhil Panchammiya, the film is about three couples played by Dimple Kapadia-Nana Patekar, Suniel Shetty-Vidya Malvade and Anjana Sukhani-Rehan Khan.

Anjana, who was last seen in Mahesh Bhatt`s film `Jashn`, plays one of the youngest couple in the movie alongside Rehan Khan. The film released today.

"My character suffers from inferiority complex and tries to project herself as someone, who is rich," says Anjana.

"I identified with the character because when I was in school I also used to pretend that I have this and that. I guess these things are big in middleclass," she adds.

The actress, who has worked in hit comedy `Golmaal Returns`, will also sport a grunge look for the movie.

"I have a very grunge look in the movie. It is completely different. She is nice girl at heart but at the same time someone who breaks the norm and thinks out-of-the-box. I had lots of arguments with my director on my looks," says Anjana.

After her stint in `Golmaal Returns`, Anjana is keen to do more comedy but she does not want to repeat herself as an actress.

"What I would really love is to lots of comedy. Romantic comedy is something that is really close to my heart. But I think one should keep challenging oneself. I don`t want to do same kind of cinema," she says.

Anjana will next be seen playing the lead opposite Sharman Joshi in `Allah Ke Bande`, a gritty film about juvenile crime in India.

"It is Sharman`s first gray role. I am playing the lead opposite him. It is based on juvenile crime and deals with what happens to the youngsters when they go to these jails and how it changes their life," says Anjana.