Gayatri Joshi-quite an unusual name and the new actress in the tinsel town is also very unsual.She is not that kind of a newcomer whom we get to see almost every Friday-a scantily clad lady.On the contrary, she is intelligent, sensible and a girl who doesn`t believe in exposing but acting.Don`t think that these things make her a ‘behenji’.She is modern yet sophisticated.
This girl started her career through modeling.She has featured in many ads, and she was lucky enough to do a commercial with Shahrukh Khan, before she entered into Bollywood.This actress claims that she was not interested in getting into Bollywood, but she finally hit the big league with her debut movie ”Swades”.
Doing a film like ”Swades” is not all that easy and for a newcomer like her, it is certainly not.Even established actresses want to do such kind of big budget projects and it was her good fortune, that Gayatri Joshi, got this film.What more could she ask for as this movie was best in every field.It had the best actor of the nation-Shahrukh Khan (again!!!).The best director Ashutosh Gowariker, fresh from the success of ”Lagaan”.The film had the best musician A.R Rahman, on whose tunes the lady had to dance/perform.
Ashutosh Gowariker had searched a lot for the Gita of “Swades”, and finally he selected Gaytri Joshi.He must have definitely seen something special in this girl, at that time while selecting her and after watching the film, I`ve also realised that she is one of the best newcomer in Bollywood.Despite the inclusion of King Khan, Gayatri Joshi made her own presence in the movie.She did a brilliant work in several scenes.I would like to mention the scene, in which she rejects the proposal of her marriage who ask her not to work, once she gets married.The scene, in which she asks SRK some difficult questions about Geography when he enters her class, was also worth noticing.Also, the most memorable scene of hers is when she ties a ’dhoti’ for SRK.Above all, her screen chemistry with SRK was also very good.
She is very different from the Mallikas or Negar Khans or Neha Dhupias of Bollywood.She is here to act and not to show her skin.The lady has lots of screen presence, and her one look makes you realise that she is a no nonsense kind of a person.We hope to see her in more good movies, because through her first film, she has proved that she can act, but she should sign good movies, in future too, and should not make the mistake to sign B-grade or C-grade type of films, a mistake which was earlier made by Ashutosh Gowariker`s previous search Gracy Singh(Ah!Her name also starts with a ‘G’.Maybe Ashutosh Gowariker likes this alphabet or maybe it`s just a co-incidence).
As we have not seen much of her because Gayatri has appeared in only one film and has not taken on any other film yet (the girl is being choosy.It`s a good thing, though but if she becomes extra choosy that thing might go against her!), the only thing I can say about her is that she has given a good start to her career and should maintain her image of a girl-next-door.Also, congratulations to her for winning the Star Screen Awards Best Newcomer Female Award 2004.Let`s see how her ‘filmi’ career shapes up.