Preparations on..
..for the fact that Kareena has today been invited for the show..
Err, no, this one here! Ok! It will look good. But the orange curtain must be put behind, out of the view, and the red effect needs to be bought into the picture.. And arrange in the best possible way the blue-layered windows and stuff.. remove some junk here.. No here.. yes, alright! It’s fine now. Ok!
1625 hrs: Just 5 mins left? Sure there’s nothing left to be done! No? Okay. No more labour for you now!
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Hello Kareena! Thanks for coming to my show. It’s a great pleasure having you here, and it was truly a delightful expredi...
Oh aLi! I am fed up of all this now! Please don’t sound like Karan and Simi! Though they are friends, but from my heart, I feel like kicking them when they appear to be such sweet persons. With them, even I can’t be my usual self, you see! Atleast for your show, can I just chillax and give some honest opinions??
(sincerely flattered)
Yes Kareena very much. I was also thinking about the beings Kar...
No no! You can call me Bebo! For heaven’s sake, no formalities yaar!
(blushes slyly)
Thanks for the great privilege of that Baby... oops Bebo! I am highly honoured by your gesture! As you don’t want Karan kinda Q&A, alright, I won’t, but just for an intro, tell us how you started off as an actress?
For me, the route was quite easy, considering the jinx which Lolo had broke that ladies in the Kapoor family are not allowed to act! So when J.P. saab came to me with Refugee, I coudn’t deny the offer. At the same time, I was also shooting for Ajnabee, directed by Abbas-Mustanji. So those days were quite fun! It was kinda ironical... While in ’’Refugee’’ I was covered from head to toe, I bared almost all in ’’Ajnabee’’.
So how did you get over the ’’Refugee’’ effect, which secluded you from the rest considering you were fully covered?
Lolz!! Didn’t I make up for it in the future movies? Hehe! My second release, Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai, presented me as a glam doll. Then, bar(r)ing to some extent, Yaadein, few movies, for instance, Asoka, had me at my best!
Coming to ’’Ajnabee’’, Bebo, there were this huge talks about your having a tiff with Bobby and Bipasha, so what actually went wrong?
That’s a long-lost matter! Still, I’ll explain it! There was something between Bobby’s wife Tanya and me, and he obviously supported her! And with two ladies on the sets, both bombshells, you know what is gonna happen! But all’s over now. With both of them!
Yeah, right! And then came your friend’s Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham!
Yeah! And I was then typecast for the ’’Poo’’ image for quite long. The tag refused, or rather, I refused to leave the tag once it got attatched to me! In Mujhse Dosti Karoge, Jeena Sirf Merre Liye, Talaash... I carried it forward!
But what actually made you realize that exposing wouldn’t ensure a long run in the industry?
For the first matter, initially I singed movies mainly for money, but then, it became my passion! I changed owing to Sonu Nigam, for which I would like to thank him from the bottom of my heart! He sent me a piece from his own album ’’Tu’’, which went like:
Poooo... Kab yeh jaanegi... Poooo... Kab yeh maanegi...
Poooo... Bahut ho gaya yeh... Poooo... Ab kuch aur dikha re...
Socha nahi socha tune kabhi... Maine tumhe chaaha, ab to mujhe tu jaga...
That was pretty kool! So what next?
Yup aLi, I became so khush on his notice, that I immediately signed Khushi! During those days, I was a bit experienced at fighting, first Bipasha, then Amisha, you know... So I gave a realistic performance for the film!
Oh Bebo! Whatever you say, reminds me of something related to you! Tell me about the episode about you being arrogant and stuff like that!
That is one sad experience of my life aLi! I was just honest and frank, like some of the MS members, which came across as arrogance!
All’s well that end’s well. But why did you disappoint me and many others in MPKDH?
(Don’t) blame my family for it, who said that for an actress, one film with the Barjatyas was an honour! I was so bugged off by their behaviour that I just screamed and shouted in the movie!
Hehe, I could see that! What made you land up in ones like Chameli, Yuva, Dev, Hulchul, Aitraaz, Bewafaa and films of its ilk?
All these films that you mentioned were the changing phase of my career, each making me step up a level. In ’’Yuva’’ and ’’Dev’’, I had small roles, but they did challenge my skills! I also appeared for a scene with Saif in LOC of J.P. saab, to whom I couldn’t say no! But I am very angry with you!
What for? Have I done anything wrong??
Yeah! You excluded FIDA from the list!!
(wanted to avoid all Shahid stuff, but damn.. the lucky fool has come)
Not that, I was to talk of it!
(blushing, to my dismay)
Yes! It was my first film with my sweetheart, and though it didn’t work at the BO, I am still very proud of it! People loved our on-screen chemistry in it! So much so that some lesser mortals created a ruckus by an MMS Scandal featuring the two of us!
(Well, being so much jealous of Shahid, I didn’t want to speak much of him, but you haven’t left me with any option!)
Yes! I was about to raise this topic! What was your reaction on seeing it?
I was thrilled to bits! How could that be possible? It was not me in it. I even sued Midday for Rs. 2 crores! I immediately called up Shahid, and then... you all know the full stuff, so useless talking about it. The whole thing actually bought the two of us very much closer to each other!
(Damn Midday for which you came closer)
So it turned out to be pretty good for you, haan? Anyways, let’s change the topic now! I heard about the passiona...
Why change the topic aLi? I love talking about him wherever I am! Let’s continue... Plzz!
(angry, too hard to hide emotions now)
Well, that’s a true lover! But you did break my heart by dating him!
Oh Ali! How sweet of you! Ok, considering your feelings and this review getting too long, let’s talk about my future movies, which includes Kyon Ki, Aryan, and my fav of all Milenge Milenge! for obvious reasons!
aLi: Thanx a lot! But promise to get back to me in case you split with him!
Her cell phone rings, it’s Shahid Kapur! She runs away from the show, leaving yours falsely insulted at the inappropriate question!
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© Aliasgar Poonawala, 2005