By:
Faridoon
Shahryar,
IndiaFM
Wednesday,
August
22,
2007
"I
call
my
pet
dog
as
Darling.
It's
a
nice
name," says
Esha
Deol
as
she
got
into
an
animated
conversation
with
us
about
her
next
film
Darling
where
she
is
playing
Fardeen
Khan's
love
interest
on-the-sly.
"People
who
are
having
an
affair
obviously
have
a
lot
of
passion
and
lots
of
romance,"
she
says
and
laughs
uproariously.
If
the
promos
of
the
film
are
anything
to
go
by,
then
this
Deol
scion
has
a
meaty
role
up
her
sleeve
that
may
very
well
showcase
her
acting
talents.
Let's
not
waste
any
more
time
and
dig
into
some
straight-talking....
What
is
Darling
all
about?
Darling
is
a
thriller
with
an
element
of
comedy
in
it.
In
the
film,
I'm
playing
this
girl
Geeta
who
is
Fardeen's
secretary.
They
are
having
an
affair.
Due
to
some
unfortunate
incident
the
poor
girl
dies.
But
she
has
a
lot
of
unfinished
work
left
on
earth
so
she
comes
back
as
an
unsatisfied
soul.
The
promos
where
you
tickle
Fardeen's
cheeks
while
he
is
sleeping
with
Isha
Koppikar
are
funny
as
well
as
creepy....
It's
a
thriller
which
is
funny.
After
Ankahee,
Darling
seems
to
be
one
movie
that
may
have
exploited
your
acting
talents
to
the
optimum...
Absolutely
true.
Mr
Ram
Gopal
Varma
has
done
a
very
good
job
with
me.
I'm
very
satisfied
with
the
way
my
character
has
shaped
up
and
the
way
the
graph
of
my
character
grows.
I
loved
playing
Geeta.
Your
chemistry
with
Fardeen
is
crackling
with
freshness...
Yeah,
thank
you
Fardeen
for
bearing
with
me.
The
song
picturisation
of
Tadap
is
oozing
with
passion.
You
guys
look
very
involved....
People
who
are
having
an
affair
obviously
have
a
lot
of
passion
and
lots
of
romance.
It
is
not
a
boring
committed
relationship.
So,
committed
relationships
are
boring...
(Laughs)
They
get
boring
after
a
while.
What
was
your
reaction
when
you
heard
the
title
Darling...It's
an
unusual
name...Isn't
it!
Darling
is
a
really
nice
title.
You'll
have
to
judge
for
yourself
who's
the
Darling.
When
you
love
someone
you
call
them
Darling,
sweety,
baby
so
Darling
is
one
of
those
better
off
words
than
baby
or
sweetu.
I
call
my
pet
dog
as
Darling.
It's
a
nice
name.
You've
worked
with
several
directors.
When
you
were
offered
a
film
to
be
directed
by
RGV,
how
did
you
react
to
that?
I
was
like
wow!
It's
a
treat
for
me
to
work
under
his
direction.
He
is
a
gift
to
our
industry.
RGV
Ki
Aag
is
releasing
on
August
31st
and
Darling
is
releasing
on
September
7th.
Both
have
been
directed
by
the
same
director.
Does
it
affect
both
the
films
in
anyway?
I
don't
know.
I'm
no
one
to
judge
that
and
I've
never
really
given
it
a
thought.
What
about
music
of
the
film.
What's
your
favourite
track?
Music
is
really
nice.
T
Series
is
producing
the
film.
Their
taste
in
the
music
and
even
Ramu's
taste
for
the
matter
is
outstanding.
We
have
Pritam
and
Himesh
doing
the
music.
Most
of
the
tracks
are
catchy.
Tadap
is
my
favourite.
How
was
it
working
with
Isha
Koppikar,
in
a
way
you
are
playing
her
soutan?
She
took
me
by
surprise.
Usually
I
refrain
from
being
friendly
with
any
female
co-stars
because
I've
never
really
got
along
that
well.
But
Isha
is
chilled
out
and
really
minds
her
own
space.
She
is
a
treat
to
work
with.
She
sticks
to
her
character
and
helps
you
do
your
own
thing.
Fardeen
calls
you
a
buddy.
How
is
he
as
a
co-star?
Working
with
Fardeen
has
always
been
really
nice.
We
have
always
gelled
very
well
together
and
there
are
times
when
we've
run
out
of
conversation.
We've
worked
so
much
together
that
we
didn't
know
what
to
say
to
each
other.
There
would
be
days
when
we
won't
wish
each
other
hello.
On
the
other
hand,
there
would
be
days
when
we
would
have
lots
to
talk
about
and
he
is
someone
who's
not
a
selfish
actor.
He
is
very
understanding
and
helpful.
A
few
of
the
movies
that
you
guys
have
done
together
haven't
worked
at
the
Box
Office...does
it
bother
you?
That's
not
in
my
hands.
I'm
an
actress.
Any
memorable
incident
during
the
shooting
of
Darling?
When
we
were
shooting
the
Tadap
song,
Fardeen
and
me
were
doing
this
step,
he
was
really
close
to
me
and
it
was
one
of
those
days....Ramu
knew
that
me
and
Fardeen
were
bored
of
each
other
.
While
doing
a
step
my
elbow
gave
a
hard
blow
to
his
chin
and
the
poor
fellow
got
hurt
really
badly.
Ramu
said
you've
done
it
on
purpose.
(Laughs).
What
are
your
forthcoming
projects?
Hijack
with
Shiney
Ahuja.