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New role Kunickaa believes in acting her age
Kunika. Does the name ring a bell? Yes, she was one of the last vamps on the big screen whose catty eyes and svelte figure tested the hero’s character. Today, she is Kunickaa. After a dalliance with the spa and restaurant business, she has turn
ed writer-producer with a Bhojpuri film, “Maatti”.
“These days Bipasha Basu does my job. Even the term ‘vamp’ has been replaced by heroine in a negative role.” Though she doesn’t look her age, Kunickaa feels actors must respect their screen age. “I can still dance with John Abraham, but the youngsters who saw me in “Swabhimaan” when they were children won’t be able to digest it.” Going down memory lane, Kunickaa recalls how she ran away from her home in Delhi with Rs. 2,000 in hand to Mumbai to become a heroine. “I am the daughter of an Air Force officer, and, in those days, few girls from families of defence personnel entered showbiz. My father didn’t speak to me for five years. Today, every second beauty queen comes from a services background.”
“Gone are the days when you continued to be a superstar without delivering a hit for years.
Now fortunes change every Friday. Even Shah Rukh is scared of ‘Saawariya’.”
ANUJ KUMAR
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