Just
after
the
release
of
Lahore,
leading
lady
of
the
film
Shraddha
Das
tells
this
correspondent
that
though
she
has
no
barriers
as
far
as
exposing
in
films,
she
would
not
go
to
the
extent
that
Mallika
Sherawat
is
ready
to
show
her
skin,
because
she
has
her
own
limitations.
What
is
your
role
in
Lahore?
I
play
the
role
of
the
Pakistani
girl
Ida
Akhtar,
who
happens
to
be
the
psychiatrist
to
the
Pak
kick-boxing
team.
Sanjay
Puran
Singh
Chauhan
felt
that
I
suited
the
part
of
the
Pak
girl
and
hence
offered
me
the
role
which
literally
fell
into
my
lap.
Is
Lahore
your
first
film
as
an
actress?
I
am
not
a
novice
to
films
though
Lahore
is
my
debut
film.
I
have
already
acted
in
around
eight
films
in
Telugu
including
Maro
Charitra
and
Arya
2
with
leading
men
like
Varun
Sandesh,
Allu
Arjun,
Prabhas,
Jagapathy
Babu
etc.
You
have
a
glamorous
image
down
South.
How
easy
was
it
to
play
Ida?
Yes.
Though
I
have
a
glamorous
image
down
South
if
I
was
able
to
get
into
the
skin
of
my
character
in
Lahore
with
effortless
ease,
the
credit
ought
to
go
entirely
to
Piyush
Mishra,
Salim
Shah
and
Chitranjan
Giri
who
trained
me
in
acting
by
teaching
me
the
nuances
of
acting.
How
did
the
offer
to
act
in
Lahore
land
in
your
lap?
I
am
a
B.M.M
graduate
from
S.I.E.S
College
in
Mumbai
and
hail
from
a
totally
'non-filmi" background.
Though
I
have
acted
in
Telugu
films,
Lahore
was
the
first
film
that
was
offered
to
me.
Though
the
role
fell
into
my
lap,
it
was
not
easy
to
get
it,
because
I
had
to
go
through
a
lot
of
look
tests
before
I
was
zeroed
in
for
the
part.
I
had
earlier
done
a
stint
in
modeling
but
was
more
interested
in
acting
than
anything
else.
How
tough
was
it
to
get
into
the
skin
of
Ida
in
Lahore?
I
am
glad
that
I
have
made
my
debut
in
Hindi
films
with
a
challenging
role
like
that
of
Ida
Akhtar,
who
is
a
catalyst
to
many
things
which
happen
in
the
film,
which
is
not
a
typical
love
story.
Ida
is
tough.
Though
it
was
quite
easy
for
me
even
to
mouth
my
dialogues
in
Telugu
in
Telugu
films,
to
play
the
character
was
quite
tough.
As
far
as
my
performance
in
Lahore
was
concerned,
I
had
to
be
neither
loud
nor
low
as
an
actress.
I
had
to
show
only
my
face
since
I
was
covered
from
top
to
toe
and
just
rely
on
my
eyes
to
show
my
expressions.
Almost
throughout
the
film,
I
was
asked
to
wear
just
salwar
and
kameez,
like
a
typical
Muslim
girl.
I
am
glad
that
since
I
was
not
required
to
show
my
skin
and
project
glamour,
now
people
would
take
me
seriously.
It
was
not
difficult
for
me
to
mouth
dialogue
in
chaste
Urdu,
because
my
mother
hails
from
Uttar
Pradesh.
To
what
extent
are
you
game
for
exposure
in
films?
I
am
not
at
all
averse
to
exposing
in
films.
I
have
absolutely
no
barriers
about
exposure
but
I
would
not
go
to
the
extent
that
say
a
Mallika
Sherawat
is
ready
to
show
her
skin,
because
I
have
my
own
limitations,
though
I
do
not
have
anything
against
her,
because
I
feel
that
to
each
one
her
own.
As
an
actress,
conveying
with
my
eyes
is
my
forte,
because
I
am
a
very
sensitive
person
in
real
life.
To
what
extent
could
you
relate
to
your
character
in
Lahore?
I
could
easily
relate
to
the
character
of
Ida
in
real
life
too
since
my
minus
point
is
that
I
am
a
very
straight
forward
person.
In
real
life
too,
I
would
not
be
scared
to
voice
my
opinion
even
if
there
are
five
boys
standing
next
to
me.
I
like
women
who
are
strong
like
Sushmita
Sen,
who
has
always
been
my
idol.
To
tell
you
the
truth,
I
kept
Benazir
Bhutto
in
mind
when
I
set
out
to
play
the
character
of
Ida
in
Lahore.
What
according
to
you
is
the
USP
of
Lahore?
What
I
like
about
Lahore
is
the
fact
that
it
is
neither
a
cliche
of
a
typical
stereo
typical
Hindu
Muslim
love
story
nor
a
jingoistic
anti
Pak
film.
Sanjay
Puran
Singh
Chauhan
has
woven
a
vendetta
film
with
a
difference
and
Lahore
is
a
film
on
friendship
between
India
and
Pakistan.
I
should
confess
that
my
view
about
Pakistan
has
actually
undergone
a
radical
sea
change
after
watching
films
like
Lahore
and
My
Name
Is
Khan,
which
was
about
Muslims
and
Pakistan.
Were
you
scared
of
the
syndrome
of
the
'casting
couch"
in
films?
'Casting
Couch"
happens
to
you
only
when
you
want
it
to
happen
to
you,
not
otherwise.
No
one
in
the
industry
can
force
you
but
once
you
succumb
to
it,
you
are
finished.
You
should
know
how
to
handle
it.
It
is
like
killing
your
soul.
I,
for
one,
would
never
encourage
this
syndrome
and
would
rather
get
what
I
want
due
to
merit
than
resort
to
the
short
cut.