'Gangster girl' Kangana Ranaut speaks

For a single girl with no godfather this industry is a terrible place to be in:

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Kangana Ranaut the prodigious newcomer who has taken Bollywood by storm certainly needs no introduction now. Still in her teens, when girls are usually studying and exploring various career options this sexy lass has already muscled her way through Bollywood.
Gangster girl got herself so deeply immersed in portraying the character of a schizophrenic woman in Woh Lamhe that she had hard time sleeping at night. In order to get into the very skin of her character in the film, Kangana says she virtually adopted the personality and lifestyle of Babi and this portrayal of a traumatized and schizophrenic woman affected Kangana so much that she was not able to sleep alone at nights. So to ward off her fears, she made her maid sleep in her room.

Talk to her of the audacious scenes in Woh Lamhe such as the one where she flings off her under-garment. “I’m new. I’m raw and I’m totally open to ideas and roles that strike me as authentic. As a child, I didn’t watch films. I don’t have a favourite actor.

All I know is from my experiences in life. I was aware of those scenes. That wasn’t me doing it. That was Sana. Kangana has her limits, Sana didn’t. When I play a character I’ve to do everything a character asks me to do. A role comes in a package. I was so taken up by my character that I actually began to hallucinate. “I admire Parveen Babi for her beauty, her talent and the fact that she was capable of loving. She was a dignified woman and I have the highest regard for her. It was very heartbreaking to hear the taped conservation (between Bhatt and Parveen), which made me realise that she was very helpless and depressed.'

I could feel a ghost hovering near me. I could feel people trying to kill me. It doesn’t take much to psyche yourself into believing in your character’s beliefs. All this was very harmful for my mind...Let me tell you Woh Lamhe was far more traumatic than Gangster.

Earlier I saw Parveen Babi as just another actor. But now when I see her face anywhere I feel I’m part of her and she’s part of my being. Because I’ve lived her life.” To Kangana’s relief she gets to play a far less traumatised character in her next film Suneel Darshan’s Shaka Laka Boom Boom and a light romantic role in Anurag Basu’s Metro.

“First a break in February to recuperate and also to attend my sister’s wedding. She’s my only sister. After seeing what Parveen Babi went through I’m so happy to be blessed with a family.”

She further says, “The one thing I could connect with was Parveen’s mood swings. I have them too. As a woman I can connect with the pain of another.

Like my character in the film Sana, I do get angry but only once in six months and then all hell breaks loose. I don’t throw things around only because I live alone and I know I’ll have to clean up the mess! More than moody I’m practical. For a single girl with no godfather this industry is a terrible place to be in... Other girls my age are going on blind dates and joining salsa classes. I’m here playing a woman who lost her mind to a world where the only reality is unreality. Not that I’m complaining. I think I’ve been very lucky. I’ve seen life from the highest mountain. I’m on my own since the age of 16, though my parents were always there to support me. I took off to chase my dreams and here I am.”

She realises she needed no qualification to pursue acting. “I came to Mumbai and was doing modeling and theatre. Cinema just happened. It’s a myth that Aditya Pancholiji took me to producers. He isn’t even doing that for his daughter... But Adityaji, his wife Zarinaji and their daughter Sana were the only family I knew when I came to Mumbai. Today although I’ve done two very daring roles people compare me with Smita Patil. Shabanaji whom I so admire” says she.

“The most difficult part is the physical demand of this profession. We have to work long-hours everyday. You try to work on your body, looks and acting abilities, but you don’t realise that you need mental and physical strength both. We shoot uncomplainingly in the scorching heat or dance is chiffon skirts in temperatures way below zero. We have to be as fit as soldiers, and that is tough.”

Asked how she reacts to rumours the beautiful actress says“ Oh I don't really care. I don't pay attention to such things and prefer not to react so they never upset me. I choose to ignore them and don't let it affect my work.”

Lastly something about yourself that people don't know“I am a classical Kathak dancer and I'd love to work with Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Yash Chopra.

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