Being a movie star comes with a price but Bollywood actress
Sonam Kapoor tells she likes everything about stardom, including the constant
attention and the odd hours.
"I like everything about stardom. I don't mind being in
the public eye. If anyone tells you that they want to be a film actor but they
don't want to be a star, that means they are lying. I love acting and love the
fact the people like both my work and me. I am not pretentious enough to say
that I cannot stand the attention," Sonam said in an interview.
The 27-year-old, who was seen in "Aisha" and
"I hate Luv Stories", will be next seen in Aanand L. Rai's
"Raanjhanaa" as well as "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" and YRF's
untitled movie. Sonam will also be seen in the remake of 1980 film
"Khubsoorat" that was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and starred
Rekha and Rakesh Roshan in the lead roles.
The fact that she gets to don so many different characters
is something which attracted her to the industry.
"I love being in front of the camera and I love
creating new things. Can you imagine a girl from Juhu playing a girl from
Chandni Chowk or a girl from Banaras or a girl from
Defence Colony. It is amazing to be able to play different people," told
Sonam, who has also been the part of movies like "Delhi-6" and
"Players".
Having told that, she does believe her job to be a
challenging one.
"People are not as bad as people think they are in the
industry. We work very hard with odd hours. It is not only emotional, but has
physical and mental work as well," she told.
She is inspired by veterans like Rekha, Nutan and Waheeda
Rehman.
"I did meet Rekha and she was like 'it is amazing that
you are doing the remake'. There are three or four heroines who I am obsessed
with. They are Waheeda Rehman, Nutan, Rekha, Jaya Bachchan and Sridevi. I copy
them all the time," she told.
The actress told she would love to be a part of
"Guide", "Saraswatichandra" and "Umrao Jaan".
"I would love to remake 'Guide' of Waheeda Ji,
'Saraswatichandra' of Nutan, I am the part of 'Khubsoorat' and I would love to
do 'Umrao Jaan'...the make up and thumris were just amazing. I have completely
copied Waheeda Ji's performance in 'Guide' in my film 'Raanjhanaa'."
In Sonam's view, the trend of remakes is good.
"I think every generation re-looks at a story. I don't
think there is anything wrong with remakes," she told.
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