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I AM READY Sameera Reddy

Sameera can barely hide her excitement after she has been recast with her role of Mini, a foolhardy secretary to detective Robert D’Costa (Anil Kapoor) in the recently released ‘Race.’ The roles, as many know, is a take on ‘Karamchand,’ a landmark tele-serial of the Eighties, in which the detective was played by Pankaj Kapoor and the secretary Kitty by Sushmita Mukharjee. With her dead pan expression as a secretary who refuses to pay heed to her boss’ passes, Sameera has bowled over a number of viewers. And now in ‘One Two Three,’ Sameera plays a comic role again. In this film, by debut director Ashwini Dhir, she plays Laila who, to pay back her loans, tries to sell her vintage car to one Laxminarayan (played by Paresh Rawal) who actually comes to collect lingerie samples from her, mistaking her for a lingerie designer.

Looking for “something different from a sex symbol’s image,” when Sameera landed a few comedy roles, she immediately agreed. Says Sameera, still reeling under the success of her characters: “The release of ‘One Two Three’ soon after ‘Race’ has come as a blessing in disguise for me. I believe this film would also be a stepping stone in establishing me as a comedienne. Though I always wanted to do comedy, I didn’t know if I would be able to deliver it. In this film, the best part was that Paresh Rawal was my co-star. He taught me comic timing. Ashwini is also a hard task master. He didn’t give up until he got the shot right. For instance, he made me do several retakes in a scene where I con Laxminarayan to buy my car and at the same time use my charm to get my way. He helped me a lot to mix the two effortlessly.”

A tech-savy Sameera would also be seen in a mobile game ‘Sam’s Mission.’ She has become the first female actor to be featured in a mobile game. “It happened a year ago,” she shares. “Sam is my pet name and ‘Sam’s Mission’ is an extension of my personality. I love gadgets and kids. And I wanted to mix up with kids through this game. I am one of the characters in the game wherein a player can play with me. There are lots of fights in it to reach the goal,” says Sameera who has also done ‘My Yoddha Ram,’ a full animation film on the Ramayana “just to be close to the kids. I have given the voice for Sita and Kunal Kapoor for Ram,” she adds.

With a new approach to multi-star cast films now, as she says that it’s the role that matters in it, Sameera is also concentrating on some serious films. ‘“Musafir’ and ‘Taxi No. 9211’ gave me important space on the Bollywood map; with ‘Red Alert,’ a film on Naxallites, this will continue I hope,” she says optimistically.

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