By:
Subhash
K.
Jha,
IndiaFM
Thursday,
September
06,
2007
Esha
Deol
loved
playing
a
bhoot
in
Ram
Gopal
Varma's
Darling.
"I
think
ghosts
are
normal
entities.
Ramu
made
it
a
point
not
to
make
the
ghost
in-your-face
spooky.
But
it
did
get
scary
especially
in
our
new
house
in
Goregaon.
When
mom
wasn't
around
I'd
look
anxiously
under
the
bed
to
spot
spooks.
Fortunately,
doing
Darling
was
fun.
You
can't
call
it
a
horror
film.
My
character
goes
through
so
many
changes.
Ramu
edits
the
film
in
his
head
before
he
starts.
He
knows
exactly
what
he
wants.
Like
Mani
Ratnam."
Ramu
and
Esha
hit
it
off
very
well.
"He's
not
one
of
those
directors
who
don"t
know
which
direction
to
go
into.
And
then
you
end
up
stuck…and
stupid."
She's
of
course
hinting
at
the
disaster
that
was
Anubhav
Sinha's
Cash.
Esha
sighs,
"On
the
script
level
it
sounded
so
good.
It's
so
sad
that
when
one
isn't
able
to
execute
such
a
zany
idea.
When
I
saw
the
film
I
couldn't
understand
it.
All
of
us
in
the
cast
were
quite
put
off
by
the
outcome.
…Look,
just
because
I
was
in
the
film
I
can"t
go
ooh
and
aah.
One
can't
fool
the
audience.
I
think
you
should
ask
Anubhav
Sinha
what
went
wrong.
When
we
were
shooting
everything
was
fine.
He
took
a
lot
of
care
with
certain
sequences.
At
the
end
of
it
there
was
nothing.
I
still
don't
know
what
happened
to
the
diamond
at
the
end."
On
a
brighter
note
she
got
along
famously
with
her
co-star
Shamita
Shetty.
"She's
a
very
nice
girl.
All
South
Indians
are
nice
girls,"
she
jokes
impishly.
"Shamita
and
I
were
together
away
from
home
in
Cape
Town
for
a
long
time.
She
was
cool.
We
gymed
together.
She
has
the
best
abs
right
now.
Mine?
I'm
bored
with
mine.
Of
course
I'll
continue
with
my
fitness
level.
But
it
isn't
obsession.
It's
a
habit.
If
I
don't
work-out
I
don"t
feel
right.
"
Esha's
sister
Ahana
doesn't
work
out.
"But
she
dances,
and
like
my
mom
that
keeps
her
really
fit.
Ahana
is
a
laid-
back
girl.
She's
still
to
make
up
her
mind
about
what
to
do."
Esha
continues,
"I
loved
playing
Geeta
in
Darling.
I
appreciate
the
fact
that
he
considered
me
for
a
role
like
this….It's
an
eccentric
part,
yes.
I
enjoy
playing
traumatized
parts.
That
gives
me
a
high."
She"s
done
a
series
of
not-so-great
films
with
her
Darling
co-star
Fardeen
Khan.
"We
work
well
together.
We
share
a
great
rapport.
I've
known
Fardeen
for
a
very
long
time.
He"s
a
good
friend…Though
people
think
I'm
too
aloof
to
be
friendly."
Esha's
next
release
is
a
midair
thriller
called
Hijack
with
Shiny
Ahuja.
"He
plays
my
knight
in
shining
armour.
It's
an
action
thriller
directed
by
Kunal
Shivdasani.
People
said
I
should
do
something
realistic.
So
here
I
am.
I'm
also
doing
a
film
called
Jannat
with
Mahesh
Bhatt."
Talk
veers
to
Ram
Gopal
Varma's
Aag
released
just
a
week
earlier.
Did
she
regret
not
playing
Basanti?
"Are
you
mad?
There
can't
be
another
Sholay.
And
there
can't
be
another
Basanti…after
my
mom."