Courtesy:
IndiaFM
Friday,
April
07,
2006
It
is
rare
to
find
someone
working
in
the
world
of
glamour
who
doesn't
like
blowing
his/her
own
trumpet
and
just
let
the
work
speak
for
itself.
Simone
Singh
is
one
of
them
and
just
when
this
writer
was
expecting
some
quotable
quotes
from
her
after
her
bravura
act
in
Being
Cyrus,
she
threw
in
a
surprise
by
being
utterly
modest
and
mostly
to
the
point.
And
yes,
she
was
patient
too
in
spite
of
an
overall
jerky
conversation
due
to
broken
cell
phone
connection
and
a
bad
line!
First
of
all
congratulations
for
the
good
act
in
Being
Cyrus.
You
must
be
on
the
top
of
the
world
to
gain
appreciation
from
all
corners
even
with
actors
like
Naseeruddin
Shah,
Dimple
Kapadia,
Saif
Ali
Khan
and
Boman
Irani
in
frame!
Yeah,
it's
a
nice
feeling
and
it's
good
to
have
people
call
you
up
and
congratulate
you
for
a
good
performance.
So
ya,
that's
always
good
to
hear.
This
must
have
been
pretty
much
anticipated
while
you
are
shooting,
isn't
it?
The
movie
was
truly
different.
Yup,
in
fact
once
you
read
the
script,
you
know
it's
going
to
be
different.
And
then
its
translation
from
page
to
screen
was
also
done
well.
If
we
go
a
little
in
the
past
you
did
play
bit
roles
though
noticeable
enough
in
hardcore
commercial
potboilers
like
Ek
Rishta,
Kabhi
Khushi
Kabhi
Gham,
Kal
Ko
Na
Ho.
Ya,
they
were
cameos.
At
that
time
that's
all
I
was
interested
in
doing.
But
then
you
disappeared
after
that
for
a
long
long
time.
No,
in
fact
I
was
doing
television
at
that
time.
I
do
only
one
project
at
a
time.
I
do
very
little
work
and
that's
how
I
have
done
all
this
while.
So
how
difficult
was
it
to
break
free
from
the
'Heena' image
and
then
do
something
typically
potboiler?
You
know,
it's
so
funny
because
lots
of
people
ask
me
that.
Though
if
you
look
at
it,
the
character
in
K3G
was
very
similar
to
the
'Heena'
character.
Also
it
was
not
difficult
for
me
to
break
through
because
I
was
getting
lots
of
calls
from
the
film
makers
who
asked
me
that
"hey,
this
is
small
role,
a
cameo,
do
you
want
to
do
it?"
And
I
was
OK
for
these
cameos
because
at
that
time
I
wasn't
really
looking
at
making
a
career
in
films
at
all.
That
was
not
at
all
planned
for
me!
Coming
back
to
Being
Cyrus,
was
it
a
challenge
to
have
your
character
get
into
a
different
association
with
Saif
Ali
Khan
when
in
Kal
Ho
Na
Ho
your
character
went
all
out
to
woo
him?
It
was
as
much
of
a
challenge
as
any
other
character.
See,
if
you
look
at
Being
Cyrus,
my
character
had
much
more
graph
than
Camilla
[character
played
by
her
in
KHNH].
In
the
end,
it
was
very
interesting
to
play
such
a
character.
That's
the
whole
point
of
being
an
actor.
You
need
to
deliver
what
the
writer
and
the
director
have
envisioned,
i.e.
to
bring
alive
a
character.
That's
the
actor's
challenge
in
any
role
you
play.
Now
look
at
Heena.
It
was
a
totally
different
challenge
and
I
know
that
it
was
a
job
well
done
because
when
people
see
me
in
person
they
are
completely
thrown
by
surprise.
It's
a
complete
shock
for
them
to
say
an
entirely
different
person
that
what
they
have
seen
on
screen.
Coming
to
characterization,
were
you
entirely
convinced
about
your
character
in
Being
Cyrus
when
it
was
first
narrated?
[Says
positively]
Yeah,
off
course!
When
the
film
was
first
narrated
to
you,
did
it
sound
simple
or
abstract?
See,
when
Being
Cyrus
was
narrated
to
me,
on
page
it
sounded
very
clever
with
a
tight
screenplay.
But
no,
there
was
nothing
abstract
about
it.
Your
on-screen
husband
Boman
Irani
seemed
to
be
pretty
much
a
devil
who
could
be
worse
than
a
conventional
Bollywood
villain!
See,
Boman
brings
so
much
life
to
a
character
that
you
don't
see
Boman
but
THE
character!
Though
the
character
seemed
extreme,
in
fact
there
are
people
like
who
are
so
self-centered
while
doing
everything
wrong.
This
way
Boman
brought
to
life
a
very-very
extreme
character!
Your
interaction
with
Manoj
Pahwa
[the
Punjabi
cop]
turned
out
to
be
one
of
the
most
hilarious
sequences
in
the
movie.
How
did
you
still
manage
to
keep
a
straight
face?
Ya,
to
be
frank
I
couldn't
stop.
He
is
so
funny
that
he
inevitably
makes
you
laugh.
Was
there
any
kind
of
special
preparation
required
to
enact
a
Parsi
character
since
you
are
a
Punjabi?
I
am
a
half
Sikh
and
half
Bengali.
And
no
there
was
no
special
preparation
since
I
have
grown
up
amongst
the
Parsis
all
my
life!
So
what's
next
in
the
pipeline
after
Being
Cyrus?
Ya,
now
after
Being
Cyrus,
I
look
forward
to
working
in
new
age
cinema
that
is
emerging
from
the
Bombay
film
industry.
But
after
playing
cameos,
are
you
interested
in
playing
a
typical
Bollywood
heroine
for
a
change?
Hmmm,
I
would
prefer
doing
this
kind
of
new
age
cinema.
But
then
even
a
conventional
part
may
seem
good
some
time
because
you
may
not
have
done
a
thing
like
that
before
and
hence
it
may
sound
interesting!