Who
says
two
actresses
and
co-stars
cannot
be
friends?
Katrina
Kaif
and
Kareena
Kapoor
may
feel
otherwise.
But
Sonam
Kapoor
had
no
choice
but
to
get
along
with
her
co-star
Ira
Dubey
during
the
shooting
of
Aisha
and
all
the
credit
for
this
goes
to
Sonam"s
Papa
Anil
Kapoor.
Apparently
Sonam
was
often
tempted
to
play
the
queen
of
the
show
on
the
sets,
what
with
Aisha
being
her
home
production
featuring
her
in
the
author-backed
title
role.
But
Anil,
forever
pragmatic
and
democratic,
would
have
none
of
his
daughter"s
starry
tantrums.
Says
a
source,
“Anil
made
sure
the
other
two
girls
in
the
film,
Ira
Dubey
and
Amrita
Puri,
felt
completely
at
home.
He
virtually
ordered
three
of
everything
on
the
sets
so
that
Sonam
never
got
a
chance
to
sit
on
a
high
horse."
Ira
vouches
for
the
democratic
atmosphere.
“Mr.
Kapoor
has
been
exceptionally
generous.
Although
my
mom
is
a
movie
actress
I"ve
spent
all
my
life
on
stage.
From
age
6
I"ve
been
part
of
theatre.
I"d
have
been
shattered
if
I
was
given
the
nose-in-the-air
you-don"t-belong-here
treatment."
Anil,
in
fact,
made
Ira
sit
on
the
auditions
for
the
other
actors!
Says
the
Yale-returned
Ira,
“I
was
the
second
actor
to
come
on
board
after
Sonam.
I
was
lucky
to
watch
the
evolution
of
the
project.
It
is
true
Mr.
Kapoor
made
me
sit
with
Sonam
and
Rhea
Kapoor
at
all
the
auditions
to
select
the
third
girl,
Amrita
Puri,
since
she
came
in
much
later.
It
was
a
process
that
instilled
confidence
in
me.
I
felt
at
home.
Not
every
newcomer
gets
this
kind
of
support."
Now
she"s
ready
to
rough
it
out
on
the
average
film
set.
“I
realize
I"ve
been
spoilt
silly
by
the
Kapoors.
But
you
must
remember
I
am
used
to
roughing
it
out
in
the
community
atmosphere
of
theatre
productions.
Both
my
sister
and
I
are
used
to
acting
under
severe
conditions."
The
redoubtable
Lilette
Dubey"s
younger
daughter
Ira
is
all
set
to
make
her
Bollywood
debut
alongside
Sonam
Kapoor.
She
says
mom
Lillette
is
a
source
of
inspiration.
“But
it"s
my
sister
Neha
who
got
to
act
with
mom
in
Bow
Barracks
Forever
and
Monsoon
Wedding."