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Katrina Kaif has made Bollywood her new home
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SITTING PRETTY Katrina Kaif
A few voices in Bollywood have often been raised against filmmakers for not writing comedy roles for heroines. But those working in comedy films aren’t complaining. Katrina Kaif is a case in point. After two successful comedies “Maine Pya
r Kyun Kiya” and “Partner” Katrina’s kitty has got some more spice with her third comedy movie – Anees Bazmee’s “Welcome”.
“It doesn’t matter if I don’t play a comic role as such but I am a catalyst to the comedy that is dished out in the film. My character hence becomes very significant,” says Katrina.
As Sanjana in “Welcome” she is the sister of a mobster played by Nana Patekar who is looking for a decent match for her. She chances upon a reputed doctor’s (Paresh Rawal) nephew Rajeev played by Akshay Kumar who is desperately looking for a girl from a respectable family to marry. And Nana also meets him and decides to marry Sanjana off to him.
“But I happen to meet Akshay on a cruise elsewhere and we fall in love without knowing my brother’s plans,” she says.
Still working on her Hindi, she now writes her dialogues in Hindi. “I make my own decisions as far as choosing roles is concerned. I am learning on the job. Having learnt Kathak is proving to be of great help now.”
She still complains about filmdom’s long working hours. “They work from eight in the morning till 10 at night. It gets very tiring and I often feel worn out. As it’s an everyday affair, it becomes a torture. I wish they had a work schedule of eight to six,” she sighs. And that’s why after shooting in London, Dubai and Mumbai, “in scorching heat for 98 days continuously” when the film was wrapped up, she felt relieved.
At home
She has made Mumbai her home and is completely at ease there. “Bollywood has also accepted me wholeheartedly. Within a short span of two years I got to play a variety of roles,” And she counts “Namastey London” as her first woman-centric film.
She has her hands full. “I have signed films with Abbas-Mustan (“Race”), Subash Ghai (“Main Yuvraj”), Anees Bazmee (“Singhh is King”) and one untitled film with Yashraj,” concludes Katrina.
RANA SIDDIQUI
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