" I don't need a film just to spend my time with Saif" - Kareena Kapoor
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oi-Staff
Kareena
Kapoor
tells
us
that
Saif
Ali
Khan
has
come
a
long
way
as
an
actor
from
the
time
he
was
seen
in
films
like
Aashiq
Aawara
and
Parampara.
Did
you
take
up
the
offer
to
act
in
Kurbaan
just
because
you
could
spend
time
with
Saif
on
the
sets?
No.
I
do
not
need
a
film
just
to
spend
my
time
with
Saif.
Who
wants
to
spend
quality
time
together
just
working
round
the
clock?
I"d
rather
chill
out
with
Saif
without
the
baggage
of
work.
Both
Saif
and
I
are
professional
actors
and
our
careers
are
very
important
to
us
as
thorough
professionals.
Can
you
elucidate?
Like
we
do
not
carry
our
work
home
after
the
pack
up,
we
also
make
it
a
point
not
to
carry
our
relationship
on
to
the
sets.
I
would
even
go
to
the
extent
of
stating
that
even
if
Karan
and
Rensil
did
not
cast
me
in
Kurbaan,
Saif
would
have
gladly
gone
ahead
and
acted
in
a
film
like
Kurbaan.
Similarly,
even
if
Saif
had
not
been
cast
in
Kurbaan,
I
would
have
said
yes
to
the
offer
if
had
been
approached
sans
Saif
to
play
the
same
role.
In
what
way
is
Kurbaan
different
from
your
other
films
till
date?
Kurbaan
is
basically
a
saga
of
love
and
betrayal,
the
kind,
which
you
hardly
get
to
watch
on
the
Hindi
screen.
It
has
a
very
socially
relevant
topic
with
global
terrorism
as
its
backdrop.
I
would
say
that
Kurbaan
is
a
gripping
tale
of
two
lovers
and
its
USP
is
that
it
has
raw
emotions.
I
am
glad
that
most
of
my
fans
have
found
the
film
to
be
a
thrilling
ride.
To
what
extent
could
you
identify
with
your
role
in
Kurbaan?
I
enjoyed
playing
the
role
of
Avantika.
Basically
Avantika
is
a
professor
in
Delhi
University.
Avantika
falls
in
love
with
Ehsaan
in
Delhi
and
gets
married
to
him
and
goes
to
USA.
What
happens
to
their
idyllic
love
is
what
the
crux
of
the
subject
is,
which
has
several
layers
to
it.
I
could
easily
identify
with
the
character
of
Avantika,
because
she
is
full
of
integrity
and
knows
her
mind
and
what
exactly
she
wants
from
life.
I
am
like
Avantika
in
real
life.
Avantika
would
do
anything
for
love
because
she
believes
in
love
a
lot.
What
made
you
take
up
a
tragic
love
story
like
Kurbaan?
Not
all
love
stories
end
up
in
happiness.
Kurbaan
is
one
of
them
because
the
story
has
been
written
in
blood.
I
would
also
hasten
to
add
that
Kurbaan
is
also
not
that
real
because
it
is
not
at
all
a
documentary.
I
would
say
that
it
has
the
right
amount
of
emotion
and
rawness.
Were
you
drained
emotionally
as
an
actress
with
Kurbaan?
I
should
confess
that
it
drained
me
emotionally
when
I
worked
in
Kurbaan.
However,
all
said
and
done,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
I"d
just
say
that
I
enjoy
my
work,
whether
it
drains
me
of
my
energy
or
I
chill
doing
the
part.
I
would
say
that
actors
should
get
drained
at
the
end
of
the
day,
because
I
am
of
the
opinion
that
there
should
be
something
substantial
for
you
to
do
as
actors
on
the
screen.
Though
you
were
appreciated
for
your
comedy
role
in
Golmaal
Returns,
why
did
you
opt
for
an
intense
role
like
in
Kurbaan?
I
do
not
agree
with
people
who
say
that
only
comedies
run
these
days.
I
turned
down
the
offer
to
be
a
part
of
Golmaal
3.
So
what
if
Kurbaan
is
not
a
comedy?
I
feel
that
unless
and
until
actors
don"t
take
a
stand
and
say
what
they
want
to
do
and
set
out
to
do
something
different
from
the
usual
rut,
the
audience
would
not
be
able
to
watch
different
kinds
of
films
at
all.
Whenever
Saif
and
I
bump
into
our
fans,
they
tell
Saif
that
he
ought
to
do
many
more
films
like
Being
Cyrus
and
Omkara
and
I
should
do
films
of
the
genre
of
Chameli
and
Kurbaan.
What
do
you
like
about
Kurbaan
and
your
role
in
it?
I
am
glad
that
our
performances
have
been
appreciated
in
Kurbaan.
What
I
like
the
best
about
Kurbaan
is
that
though
it
is
a
commercial
film,
it
also
has
some
meat
in
it.
Some
commercial
films
do
not
have
life
or
story
but
we
actors
have
done
them,
because
there
is
a
lot
of
difference
between
what
is
narrated
to
you
and
what
is
executed
on
the
screen.
In
what
way
do
you
think
Saif
has
grown
as
an
actor
over
the
years?
Saif
has
come
a
long
way
from
the
time
he
had
acted
in
films
like
Aashiq
Aawara
and
Parampara.
The
best
thing
about
Saif
and
me
as
actors
is
that
people
tell
us
they
did
not
remember
Saif
when
they
set
to
watch
Omkara
where
he
appeared
as
Langda,
they
did
not
remember
me
when
they
watched
me
as
Dolly
in
Omkara.
I
am
glad
that
like
his
mother
Sharmilaji,
Saif
has
also
succeeded
in
striking
the
right
balance
between
different
genres
of
films.
Sharmilaji
had
films
like
Musam
and
Apur
Sansar
to
her
credit
even
when
she
did
commercial
films
like
Kashmir
Ki
Kali
and
Ardhana.
Saif
has
also
done
films
like
Aashiq
Awara
and
Parampara
on
one
hand
and
Omkara
and
Being
Cyrus
on
the
other.
What
is
your
approach
as
an
actor?
Acting
is
in
my
blood.
I
have
that
passion
in
me.
Whatever
I
do,
I
will
give
my
100
percent
to
it.
I
am
of
the
belief
that
an
actor
should
know
to
switch
from
one
role
to
another
effortlessly,
like
Aamir
Khan
and
Saif
do.
I
also
feel
that
it
helps
you
as
an
actor
to
breathe
your
role
and
maintain
your
continuity
as
well
as
the
graph
of
your
character
if
your
films
are
shot
in
one
single
schedule.