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Katrina Kaif says in Welcome, even if she doesn’t play the comic role, she’s the catalyst for comedy
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ALL ENVELOPING Katrina Kaif: ‘Bollywood has accepted me wholeheartedly’
Some of Bollywood’s biggies have often raised a voice 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 Pyar 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 his sister. 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 off Sanjana 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 manages to write her dialogues in Hindi.
“I make my own decisions as far as choosing roles is concerned. I am not born with good acting skills.I am learning on the job. Having learnt Kathak is proving to be of great help now.”
Hard act
She still complaints 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.
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,”
She counts “Namastey London” as her first woman-centric film. She has her hands full.
“I have signed ‘Race’ with Abbas-Mustan, ‘Main Yuvraj’ with Subash Ghai, ‘Singhh is King’ with Anees Bazmee, and one untitled film with Yashraj,” says Katrina with a tinge of pride.
RANA SIDDIQUI
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