By:
Devansh
Patel,
IndiaFM
Thursday,
October
25,
2007
She's
made
a
dynamic
leap
from
an
assistant
director
to
Bollywood's
newest
discovery
-
but
for
Sonam
Kapoor,
the
sudden
rise
to
fame
and
fortune
hasn't
come
without
a
price.
Right
from
her
childhood,
she
was
totally
unaware
of
how
the
Indian
Film
Industry
functions.
Bollywood
wasn't
her
cup
of
tea,
she
never
attended
parties
with
father
Anil
Kapoor
and
now
her
link
up's
with
Ranbir
are
doing
the
rounds.
Whatever
it
is,
one
thing
is
certain,
this
exquisitely
beautiful
Kapoor
girl
has
learnt
quite
quickly
how
to
deal
with
the
intense
interest
surrounding
her.
We
spoke
to
the
fresh
face
that's
about
to
blossom
with
her
debut
release
Saawariya
come
November
9.
The
countdown
of
this
year's
most
awaited
film
and
the
most
awaited
debutants
have
begun.
How
are
you
feeling
at
this
present
moment?
I
am
feeling
a
riot
of
emotions.
I'm
excited,
anxious,
nervous,
happy...
too
many
things
yaar!
Don"t
ask
me.
It's
chaos
in
my
system
right
now.
Tell
us
something
about
your
weightless
journey
from
Black
to
Saawariya.
Well,
first
of
all...it
was
a
weight
loss
journey
(laughs).
From
Black
to
Saawariya,
it
has
been
a
giant
leap
for
me.
It
was
a
constant
high
and
we
all
were
like
sitting
on
the
edge.
We
were
constantly
working
on
ourselves
and
improving.
You
have
geniuses
like
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali,
Omung
Kumar,
Ravi
Chandran,
Anuradha
Vakil,
etc
working
on
you
along
with
a
brilliant
co-star
Ranbir
Kapoor
acting
and
improvising
with
you.
So
it's
been
my
most
amazing
learning
experience
ever.
Your
father
Anil
Kapoor
has
made
his
own
standing
in
the
Indian
Film
Industry
and
is
still
going
strong.
Where
do
you
think
will
Saawariya
take
you?
You
are
right.
I
got
Saawariya
because
I
am
Anil
Kapoor's
daughter
and
that's
how
I
got
introduced
to
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
or
you
wouldn't
have
noticed
me.
Mr
Bhansali
has
taken
care
of
everything,
right
from
the
strand
of
my
hair
to
the
nail
of
my
toe.
For
anything
that
I
am
in
Saawariya
is
because
of
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali.
So
whatever
happens
after
Saawariya
will
hopefully
be
a
little
of
something
that
I
will
put
in.
As
of
now
I
am
here
because
of
my
father
and
my
director.
Does
that
mean
that
you
never
intended
to
join
films
and
only
because
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
told
you
that
you
look
beautiful,
you
happily
agreed?
Yes
and
that's
a
fact.
I
never
wanted
to
join
films
but
because
my
father
introduced
me
to
Mr
Bhansali,
I
happened
to
assist
him
on
Black.
And
during
the
making
of
Black,
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
told
me
that
I
look
very
beautiful
and
should
act
in
films.
That's
when
he
came
up
to
me
and
told
me
to
shed
a
lot
of
weight
only
to
be
his
heroine
in
Saawariya,
the
script
of
a
lifetime.
Then
how
was
it
to
be
working
with
a
tough
task-master
like
Mr
Bhansali?
I've
worked
with
him
for
four
years
and
he
is
not
a
hard
task-master
all
the
time.
He
is
very
colourful
and
an
amazing
human
being
and
likes
to
push
me
and
himself
harder
because
he
wants
me
to
be
the
best
and
treats
me
like
his
daughter.
For
that,
I
will
be
so
ever
grateful
to
him.
Nobody
can
love
me
and
support
me
as
much
as
he
does.
He
is
like
my
Guru
-
my
teacher.
The
media
in
London
have
said
that
Ranbir
is
the
next
Aamir
Khan
in
the
making
and
Saawariya
is
the
next
Qayamat
Se
Qayamat
Tak.
Does
that
make
you
the
next
Juhi
Chawla?
I
would
love
to
be
the
next
Juhi
Chawla,
she
has
got
the
most
amazing
comic
timing.
She
was
also
Miss
India.
I
don't
think
that
I
will
be
able
to
achieve
and
reach
where
she
is
right
now
but
if
people
are
saying
that,
it's
great.
Describe
your
role
and
the
character
you
play
in
Saawariya.
The
character
I
play
in
Saawariya
is
called
Sakina.
She
is
what
love
is.
Sakina
is
innocence
and
love
personified.
If
anybody
needs
to
learn
how
to
love
then
they
should
learn
to
love
like
Sakina
does.
She
is
so
selfless
and
so
sure
about
her
love
with
no
questions
asked.
I
am
very
privileged
to
get
a
character
with
so
many
layers
in
my
first
film.
You
are
lucky
to
be
sharing
screen
space
with
both,
Rani
Mukerji
and
Salman
Khan.
How
was
your
association
with
two
of
Bollywood's
finest
talents?
I
think
Rani
Mukherjee
is
soon
going
to
be
a
legend.
She
is
one
of
the
very
few
spontaneous
actresses
and
above
all
a
very
good
human
being.
I've
learnt
a
lot
from
her.
She
respects
everybody
and
treats
the
entire
crew
equally.
She
is
very
self
confident
and
she
is
a
'phataka'.
I
love
her
to
death
and
she
is
my
favourite
actor.
Salman
Khan
is
a
cool
dude
and
a
'hot
man'.
He
is
the
most
good
looking
and
sexiest
human
being
ever.
Is
that
a
romantic
Sonam
Kapoor
talking?
Right
now
I
am
only
talking
about
my
work
and
I
don't
think
that
you
will
ever
find
my
link-up's
with
anyone.