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Life's a song for her

Vasundhara Das has struck a balance between films and music

`Haste, haste, salaam namaste,' sing Vasundhara Das and Kunal Ganjawala in the peppy title number of `Salaam Namaste' that's topping the charts. The movie opened in the country this week. It is Bollywood that Vasundhara is, at present, occupied with, both in films and songs. The catchy soundtrack of `Salaam Namaste' and `Hot, hot..' of `No Entry' is playing all over. Simultaneously, she acted in movies such as `Filmstar' with Tanuja Chandra where she plays a convict, `Pather Bezubaan' where she dons the role of a police woman, `Kudiyon ka hai zamanna', an out-and-out masti film and the latest, `Ek Dustak'. So, is singer-actor, Vasundhara changing her priority? "Right now my career is a happy balance between films and music. I came as a singer but my first release was a film! And my identity has been established both as a singer and an actor." At 27, Vasundhara is young and has a long way to go, but having acted with seasoned stars, she has in a short span learnt a lot.

Working with Kamal Hasan in `Hey Ram' was a huge stroke of luck. It was like learning the ABC of acting. Then came `Monsoon Wedding', which was a two-week workshop with Naseerudin Shah. Working with Declan Quinn, a brilliant cinematographer, and with make-up artiste Luann Claps, who is the personal make up man for Richard Gere, were eye openers. But after such parallel cinema, doing a commercial film, `Citizen', was a reality check. After this I was ready for `Ravanaprabhu'," she says.

Priyadarsshini Sharma

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