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Building his nest

Parvin Dabas's long absence from the silver screen hasn't waned his popularity. His delightfully different "Khosla Ka Ghosla" is ready for release

BEYOND LOOKS Parvin Dabas plays a shy guy in "Khosla Ka Ghosla" releasing shortly

He isamazingly good looking. Fine features to go with gym-toned physique. He impresses with his spontaneity, diction and more importantly, honesty. He doesn't mince words or manipulate his answers. He is Parvin Dabas, the charming actor who impressed us all in a small but sweet role in Monsoon Wedding. This `Peter England' man, also seen in not so remarkable roles in Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara, Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye, The Hero and so on, will now be seen in a delectably different get-up in Khosla Ka Ghosla.

In this film directed by Dibakar Banerjee, Dabas plays Chiranji Lal Chawla alias Cherry, a complicated man who always misunderstands things and is misunderstood too. "He is an odd man out in a Punjabi family because he is anything but a Punjabi. He is extremely shy and cannot express himself. So much so that he cannot even bring himself to articulate his feelings to the girl (played by Tara Sharma) he loves. He always ends up telling her `we are just friends'," says Dabas about the role.

Tough role

The role was certainly challenging for Dabas. He says, "I could have toppled towards the negative expressions as I had to underplay myself. Maintaining a fine line between negativity and underplaying was very tough."

The film, he adds, is about Khosla's (played by Kher) house occupied by a muscle-man played by Boman Irani and a father-son relationship. "How their feelings for each other undergo a change during the making of the house is the underlying theme of the film. A situational comedy, it promises to send you into peals of laughter.

Not averse to romantic roles,Dabas will also be seen in a romantic lead in Kamal Nathani's With Love - Tumhara also starring Nakul Vaid and Preeti Jhangiani. Its promos are on TV these days.

"This film will take you back to the `60s with its neat and clean romance and scenic beauty of hill stations. It is about two friends in the Army, me and Nakul, who go for the Kargil war and promise each other that if anything happens to either of them, the other person will take the responsibility of breaking the news to the family personally rather than through a telegram. In the promos, I have to break the news of Nakul going missing to Preeti, his fiancée," shares Dabas.

Next in his kitty is Memsahib, opposite a British actress Emily Hamilton, which is "doing rounds at various film festivals across the world and will hopefully be released in India this year."

For long one didn't see him model for any products too. He reasons. "I have done that a lot. Now I prefer to become a brand ambassador for some product rather than endorsing many."

One often wonders why this "Delhi Ka Jaat" as he describes himself, with just the right kind of looks, personality and acting skills is still not where he should have been. "I wish I had more luck than talent," he laughs, adding, "I don't take much tension. I dissolve it scuba diving!"

RANA SIDDIQUI

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