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funwithwebsite.com: How would you define your current state
of mind?
It's perpetually frazzled. There is a tidal wave of opportunities. There are
lots of projects. I am going nuts selecting them and deciding what to do what
not to do.z
funwithwebsite.com: What are the projects that you are currently working on?
I am working in Farooq Mengal's serial Chaand Ke Paar. I have just completed a
serial called Dhool. Then I will be off to Dubai for a fashion show soon and
then there is the Lux Style Awards, which will be in Dubai again. After that
there is a tele-film, which I will be shooting for. So there is a lot of work.
funwithwebsite.com: You have switched over from modelling to TV. Why?
I have been modelling for 12 years now. I don't want to boast but this is
something I can do in my sleep now. So it was great to experience something new,
something different like TV.
funwithwebsite.com: How easy it is for a model to make it on small screen?
I would say it is rather sad that acting is not a learned craft here. Most of
the producers and directors today want to add glamour to their serials and one
way to do that is to have models in their plays. But for me the first rule is
the realization that I am not a model in front of the TV camera. I have to fit
into the character and work hard at it.
funwithwebsite.com: Out of your current line of work, what is it that you are
most excited about?
Well, there is an independent film that is in the offing. This film is by New
York-based director Ayesha Imtiaz who has also penned the screenplay. They plan
to send it to the Sundance Film Festival and to Cannes. And though I wouldn't
want to divulge further details let me tell you that a very noted personality
from Indian film industry has been approached for this film. We will go ahead
with the project as soon as we get a green signal from them. I am a believer in
a bird at hand is better than a hundred in flight, so I would say that all my
current projects are exciting.
funwithwebsite.com: You have also been nominated for Lux Style Awards.
Yes. LSA is great because it is the only fashion Oscars in the country. Besides
who wouldn't want to get lauded for his or her work and achievements? LSA is
like democracy in the sense that it is by fashion people, from fashion people to
fashion people.
It's an official recognition by people from the same field and it's a great
feeling.
funwithwebsite.com: What next?
I plan to write a novel. I know this is something that I have been talking about
for a long time now, but well, I want to do it.
I am almost quarter way through. I feel this is the time to do it, because the
tide is in my favour. So I think I will have to take sabbatical from my work and
sit down to write it. |