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Fitness icon and biker Esha Deol is working to create her own image
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PHOTO:R. RAGU
COFFEE WITH ESHA At Coffee World Photo:R. Ragu
"There is only one and there always will be only one dream girl. That title belongs to my mom," says Esha Deol. "But if anyone in this generation can rightfully claim that title, it's me. I take it as my blood right, my genetic right," she giggles. But before you can say "what confidence!" the actress promptly lets her insecurities slip. She refuses to take off her aviator glasses. "No photographs when I am talking please," she insists.
In the city to promote Coffee World, the international premium coffee chain on C. P. Ramaswamy Road, the actress spent an hour posing with coffee mugs and even whipping up her favourite frappe. Ok, she didn't mix it herself but she insisted the recipe was hers (honey, milk, and coffee).
Hema Malini's elder daughter, Esha says, she's a coffee drinker like any good Tamilian. "I was on this Rockstar world tour for the last one and a half months. We had such a crazy schedule with back to back shows and the only thing that kept me going was coffee."
Although the actress did both Yuva and its original Tamil version Ayutha Ezhuthu, there are no plans for Chennai. "I speak Tamil, and I want to do the role of a proper Tamil girl, not just anything," she says shrugging off the `anything' dramatically.
Her upcoming projects include Darling by Ram Gopal Varma (she's supposed speak about the film), Baat Pakki directed by Meghna Gulzar (a story of a couple who have an "arranged marriage"), and finally Cash by Anubhav Sinha. "I am really excited about Cash, because there is some great action in the movie," says the actress. No more riding behind biker heroes, and just showing off that gorgeous, well-toned body. "I get to do my kick-ass action sequences and I think I am the only one who can carry it off today," says the petite actress, who played state-level football.
Esha has in the recent past become a fitness icon. Pumping irons, riding behind her biker `good' friends from the industry, and now, sporting tattoos of the Gayatri Mantra and the Om on her shoulders, the actress has worked hard on this new image as she has on her abs and sculpted muscles that she famously flaunted in Dhoom. "In the movie business you really don't get much time, but I try and take one and a half hours to do my workouts," says Esha. And then there is also the dancing. The trained Odissi dancer performs regularly with her mother and younger sister Aahna. "I have to make do with three-four days of practice, and when I am on an outdoor shoot, I ask guruji to come over," she says.
At the end of the day, she's half Punjabi, half Tamil, talented and pretty, a bit of a star, a bit of a tomboy, just having fun.
MEERA MOHANTY
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