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Ladies & a Gentleman
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Aditi on 09 August, 2008 
 
Rajiv Vijayakar talks to the cast of Bachna Ae Haseeno
The Yash Raj Films banner may have had a flop run (it’s been a year since
Chak De! India - their last hit), but the stars of Bachna Ae Haseeno are very
upbeat about the new rom-com.
The film is important for all of them. Deepika needs to prove that Om Shanti Om
was no fluke, Ranbir needs a hit to his name, and Minissha Lamba needs to break
into the A-league. As for Bipasha, well, who does not benefit from one more
hit?
But the Basu babe bristles when we ask her if this film, and Freeze, in which
she is cast with Neil Nitin Mukesh, are her passports to a younger image.
“Why do you guys write off an actress as old at 30, while the heroes can
go on?” she wants to know. “Both Ranbir and Neil are at best a
couple of years younger in age. Abhishek Bachchan’s younger than
Aishwarya Rai. But they look so good together, right?” she asks.
Right. But Bipasha is otherwise cool and warm as always, and feels that BAH
will connect with viewers of every age. “My character is very modern but
somewhere traditional, like all Indians are,” she says. “If you
want to know what the real me is about, watch her!” she grins.
Bipasha also has a reason to think that BAH will be a hit. “Any film in
which I had to endure pain during the shoot has always been a success. I was
shooting a dance with a tear in my left meniscus and the knee pain was
excruciating,” she recalls. “Then we were in Italy when a tooth
ache came up - I have never had dental problems! The dentist did not know a
word of English and the local analgesic did not work! Even Ranbir almost got
drowned in one sequence - in water at four degrees centigrade,” she says.
Ranbir Kapoor laughs off the incident. “We had a blast while making the
film,” he says, as he opens up gradually. “The Yash-Raj unit spoils
you silly too - with great food and by treating you more like family than as
actors.”
He says that the youth will identify completely with the film and his
character, Raj. “He’s the fun-loving boy-next-door. These various
relationships teach him a lot about love and life. It is important to value
every relationship in life, because even when it ends, something remains in
you.”
Calling BAH a ‘real story and not the usual masala fare’, he raves
about Bipasha in particular. “She was my first co-star here, and she is
not just beautiful but also a lovely human being.” Ranbir attributes all
his knowledge of cinema to working with Sanjay Leela Bhansali and to Saawariya.
He wants to do his parents and lineage proud and is being very selective about
his films. Rajkumar Santoshi’s film with Katrina Kaif, Karan
Johar’s Wake Up, Sid with Konkona Sen Sharma and Prakash Jha’s
Rajniti are his upcoming projects.
What about the promotional title-track from his father Rishi Kapoor’s Hum
Kisise Kum Nahin? “For me, it’s an honour to do his song,” he
says.
This ‘promo’ song is what brings all the three heroines together in
the film. “We never had scenes together but when we shot together, we
really got along,” smiles Deepika Padukone, who plays an independent
woman working and studying in Sydney. “I completely identify with
Gayatri. Gayatri, Siddharth’s narration and the banner were exciting
enough for me to grab the film even before the release of OSO.”
When asked to compare Farah Khan and Sid, she says, “They are poles apart
in their cinema. But they have one common quality - they both tell their actors
what they want and then give them space.”
Minissha Lamba, who plays a girl from Amritsar who believes in Mills & Boon
kind of love, is content with her career. “It’s been a fair journey
for me. And for a girl who came to Bollywood without ‘connections’,
I think that I have figured out where I am now,” she says. “My
debut Yahaan had a powerful role for me. This one’s breezy. ”
Minissha admits that success means a lot, but she will still look for a blend
of films and for good stories. “The industry is changing for the
better,” she says with a smile.
Source: Deccan Herald