Fron andaaz to Housefull, Lara Dutta has come a long way. Lara had bagged the Best Filmfare Debut award for Andaaz and slowly she shifted to comedy films. Lara has also been in news for her name being linked to the cricketers as well as the men belonging to tinsel town.
Says Lara: “I have got a huge fan following after the release of my film ‘No Entry', it has been an all time entertainer film.
I must confess that it is not easy to perform comedy roles. One needs to be perfect on their timings while enacting comic sequences. Working with all good actors –Akshay Kumar, Salman Khan, Govinda and also Riteish Deshmukh, I have like reinvented my sense of humor.
Also working with Irfan Khan in ‘Billo Barber' was more than a joy ride. I'm happy that Shahrukh Khan cast me for the villager kind of a look. I was indeed lucky to prove my versatility. This proves that I can gel well in both the western as well as the ‘desi' lass look. I am far from the fear of being type cast.”
About ‘Housefull', Lara says: “I play the character of a Gujarati girl. I had to work hard to speak the Gujarati language. How I push onto to Akshay Kumar creating impressive sequences in the film will be worth a watch.”
Asked whether she felt insecure working with Deepika, Lara said: “Why should I have any feelings of insecurity? I belong to the Universe Pageant hence I know how to carry myself as well as my work ahead in the proper direction. Also working with more than one heroine in the film happens purely because of the demand of the script.“I cannot be pound foolish and penny wise by awaiting single handed roles. Why should I burn my time sitting at home for want of single heroine kind of roles?
“I better work for films which I am a part of at the moment. Most of the banners are well known. In the Hindi film industry very few scripts are written keeping women in mind. It is a man dominated arena after all.”
Will she like to do some serious type of roles? Lara replies, “Who will like to deprive themselves from performing characters that Meena Kumari and Madhubala did. But the dearth of good script is keeping me away from doing these roles.”
Asked about her fitness and beauty mantra, she says: “Well! When we are too young we burn our nights at both the ends of the candle lights. We do not bother about proper eating habits…For me I believe in performing yoga. A combination of yoga and meditation brings peace, beauty and good health I suppose. I do not diet but follow proper eating habit.”
Asked why she repeated a bikini scene in Housefull too, this was her reply: “This scene came all of a sudden we were not told anything about the scene. Nonetheless, the sequence was to be canned on the beach. So obviously I could not perform a beach scene being clothed tip to toe. Farah told us about the sequence at the beach itself so I was left with no choice. I had to wear a bikini!”
