12 NRI PULSE ..... Bollywood Pulse ..... May 2010 Salman Believed In My Success: Katrina Kaif I Have A ‘Badmaash’ Katrina Kaif, who usually remains tight- There are many people who are connected with But I feel that there are other types of films to do. Streak In Me: Shahid lipped about her relationship with actor Salman the industry because of their father, mother or See other contemporary actors, they have done much He played a bad guy in dark thriller “Kaminey” Khan, says the star always guided her and genu- other family members; still they are not able to more diverse roles. and will now be seen as a conman in “Badmaash Com- inely believed she would join the big league in achieve what is termed as success in the industry. “People can say that the success ratio of my pany”. Shahid Kapoor says playing characters Bollywood one day. “You can come here, make two or three films, films has been very, very good, but I still feel people with a negative streak is an “escape route” from “Salman had been always there, more than your co-stars could be your should see me on other kinds his good-boy image in real life. anything to guide because I didn’t know anything friends - all this you can of films too... “I think I always about the industry. What would remain special in plan but you can’t plan “May be something like wanted to be a good boy, my mind is that from the very beginning Salman which film would be suc- a remake of ‘Sita Aur Gita’...In INTERVIEW but I think inherently I told me that I will achieve this success in the in- cessful. The miracle that ‘Raajneeti’, I have more re- have a ‘badmaash’ dustry. And at that point it was too far off,” Katrina happened with my life has sponsibility. But you will have (naughty) streak in told IANS in an interview. been the suc- to remember that there I am me. That’s why I love “That time I couldn’t see my- cess of my with six very important guys, doing this role. This self one movie ahead, forget 15 mov- films. Because, all have very important roles,” INTERVIEW is my escape route. ies ahead. I think that he believed it had those films said Katrina. What I couldn’t do in genuinely,” the 25-year-old actor not been suc- The actress maintains she my childhood, (I’m) said. cessful, no one always wanted to do some- doing it in films,” She entered Bollywood in 2003 with the dud would have done anything thing unusual in life. Shahid said in an in- “Boom”. Her first big hit was 2005 romantic com- for me,” said Katrina. “I always used to make a terview. edy “Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya” in which she She is now eager to take world in my head and live in The actor is teamed up with Salman. After that she gave a string more responsibilities and do that. I always wanted to be thrilled to get such of hits, including “Namastey London”, “Partner”, more diverse roles like the one she is doing in Prakash something unusual. Some of the a role but adds that “Welcome”, “Singh Is Kinng” and critically ac- Jha’s “Raajneeti’, where she plays a politician. dreams I remember, they may sound stupid - I wanted he doesn’t play a claimed “New York”. “Till now I have done a genre of films. People to be a firefighter, I wanted to be a stunt woman, I ‘kamina’ (rogue) in director Parmeet Sethi’s But Katrina feels nobody can plan success. have accepted me, loved me and have given me so wanted to got to NASA. Acting was something to “Badmaash Company”. “It’s (success) destiny, no one can plan it. much support. I never imagined getting so much. fancy,” said Katrina. “I won’t really call this guy a bad guy. ‘Badmaash’ is a little less of a bad guy than a Be Direct To Woo ‘kamina’. In ‘Kaminey’, from the very beginning I Copy Common People: Akshay Charlie is edgy and different, but here when the Akshay Kumar’s just released “Housefull” Santoshi. film begins you will find that the four characters Women: Saif Ali has broken the dry spell at the box office. The star “Let me tell you comedy is a big, big, big are normal middle-class guys and then they get Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan feels the se- says the secret of his success as a comedian is that space. The biggest comedian was Charlie Chaplin into doing these scams and schemes,” the actor cret of a successful long term relationship is find- he mimics common people around for most of his who could make people laugh without saying a explained. ing a “worthy partner” and says that one has to be roles. word. Then we have Mr. Bean. They “In ‘Kaminey’ Charlie never used to think...he direct about one’s feelings to woo a woman. “The expression that you see are are amazing,” said Akshay. was spontaneous, but here the guy is lot more of a “If you’re looking to enter a long-term rela- mostly stolen from the faces of com- INTERVIEW Contrary to his on-screen im- thinker, planner and schemer. I think it’s fun play- tionship with a woman, make sure she is a worthy mon people. Normally mimicry is age, the actor claims to be a introvert ing a bad guy,” he added. partner — that’s the done of big actors, but it is fun to and serious kind of person in real “These guys want to do things on their own only rule. After a mimic those people who have no life. terms. That’s what today’s youth are all about? point, you don’t connection with this industry. So “I am a very introvert and They want to set their own rules, make things in want another casual I copy common people without serious person. Even if I joke their own way. They find their own route to suc- fling... you want in- copyright (laughs),” Akshay, 42, around, that’s limited to a vey cess. That’s why the tag line says ‘they want to timacy, depth, to be said in an interview. few people I am comfortable do all the wrong things in the right way’,” said loved,” Saif said in an “I travel a lot. Recently, I with. They are my school and Shahid. interview for GQ got stuck at the Frankfurt airport college friends. I do have a Set in the 1990s, Sethi’s directorial debut magazine. because of the volcano ashes in- couple of friends from the in- “Badmaash Company” will see four young friends “Sometimes cident. I had to wait long. So I sat dustry as well. - Shahid, Anushka Sharma, Vir Das and Miang you have to do down and looked around and “I am a workaholic. I work Chang from middle-class Mumbai joining hands things that wouldn’t people have something to offer. 24 hours. I have only one busi- to start a company. Their business is an instant come to you natu- It’s amazing just to register that ness, that’s the film business. I success because they find a way to beat the sys- rally, just to show her how serious you are,” said and sometimes while playing a don’t have any film school de- tem. the actor who is currently dating Kareena Kapoor. character, suddenly that comes gree. Whatever I have learnt is The actor says every con job shown in the The 39-year-old, who appears on the cover out and you start acting like that through my experience,” said movie is taken from crime stories published in the of the May issue of the magazine, also says looks person. That’s what’s called mimicry,” he added. Akshay. newspapers. don’t matter when it comes to impressing women. The actor has worked in more than 90 films So does he find it difficult to get into the skin “When I spoke to him (director Sethi), he “I was never the tallest or broadest guy in the in his almost two-decades-long career. In the be- of boisterous characters? told me all con jobs have been picked up from room. But I did have a sense of humor which cre- ginning, he mostly featured in action movies like “Darling, the kind of check you get, you au- newspapers. So these things happened and he has ated a sense of ease among my female friends,” “Khiladi”, “Elaan”, “Mohra” and “Main Khiladi tomatically start acting the way the director or taken the basic thought of every con job from real said the actor who was married to actress Amrita Tu Anari”. He also did romantic films like “Yeh producer wants (laughs) you to. How can that be incidents and that’s why it will seem believable. It Singh and then dated Italian national Rosa Catalano. Dillagi”, “Dhadkan” and “Dil Toh Paagal Hai”. hard then?” is the strength of the film,” the 29-year-old said. “To woo her, you have to be direct. Tell her With Priyadarshan’s 2000 hit film “Hera Even after attaining such stardom, Akshay is “And he has based it in the 1990s and the how you feel, without being dirty. It all depends Pheri”, he forayed big time into comedies and tick- connected with his past. period is apt for this kind of plot.” on where you are and who you’re talking to.” led the audience’s funny bone with his perfor- “Honestly, I am very close to everything Shahid claims “Badmaash Company” is more The actor also confessed that there are times mance in comic capers like “Mujhse Shaadi that I used to do before this stardom.