Urmila on <i>Banaras</i>
Courtesy:
IndiaFM
Friday,
April
07,
2006
Mysticism
is
timeless
When
I
was
very
new
in
the
film
industry,
I
was
asked
a
question,
"With
all
the
middle
class
values
that
you
have,
how
will
you
make
it
big
in
the
industry?" and
my
answer
was
"Values
are
never
upper
class,
middle
class
or
lower
class.
Either
you
have
values
or
you
don't."
Similarly
I
don't
think
spiritualism
or
mysticism
has
any
time
boundaries.
It's
timeless.
My
character
is
a
today's
girl.
She
is
a
studious
physics
student.
She
is
like
any
other
girl
you
find
in
any
Indian
city.
It
is
through
her
eyes
that
we
are
talking
to
the
audience.
It
was
one
of
the
most
enriching
experiences
for
each
of
us.
Contemporary
look
My
character
in
the
film
is
essential.
The
film
gets
contemporary,
because
we
are
not
talking
about
the
old
time
spiritual
importance
of
Banaras.
We
are
talking
about
today.
Playing
Shwetambari
was
not
an
easy
task
Playing
this
character
was
not
easy
for
me
because
I
play
a
girl
who
starts
in
an
ordinary
manner
and
goes
on
to
completely
different
level
altogether.
She
goes
beyond
normal
human
levels.
But
the
beauty
of
the
character
still
remains
and
she
is
still
extremely
human.
She
is
extremely
empathetic
towards
the
sorrows
and
the
problems
of
the
human
faces.
She
is
equally
vulnerable
to
the
sadness
of
the
human
life.
This
is
about
how
she
rises
above
the
blunder
created
by
the
people
around
her.
Playing
Shwetambari
in
the
older
age
was
very
difficult
for
me.
She
is
far
more
spiritual
then
I
can
ever
be.
Spiritualism
is
a
part
of
life
Spiritualism
is
one
part
of
our
life.
It's
like
a
clogged
house.
We
are
scared
to
open
it
because
we
don't
know
what
we
are
going
to
find
inside.
We
are
scared
because
there
may
be
something
that
might
attract
us
beyond
our
want
to
be
attracted.
It
might
make
us
feel
low
in
our
life.
My
character
does
not
go
to
any
theatrical
or
hysterical
levels
that
Hindi
cinema
is
well
known
for.
Unfortunately
our
industry
believes
that
if
you
play
loud
characters
then
you
became
a
good
actor.
Unfortunately
I
haven't
done
that
in
my
career.
But
this
is
something
that
comes
from
the
core,
from
within
and
I
really
hope
that
it
touches
people
as
much.
Banaras,
a
spiritual
city
You
will
not
understand
Banaras
in
two
or
three
days.
This
place
has
enormous
beauty
and
you
will
find
every
kind
of
people
there.
Slowly,
when
things
start
to
get
settled,
you
will
know
about
the
city
and
its
culture.
People
from
all
over
the
world
come
there
to
know
about
spiritualism.
Then
you
will
feel
that
there
are
very
few
things
we
understand
or
try
to
understand.
Holi
in
Banaras
Holi
in
Banaras
is
quite
famous.
We
had
blast
playing
holi
as
we
shot
the
holi
scene
in
Banaras.
Not
because
I
was
doing
a
dancing
song
after
a
very
long
time.
That
is
something
which
I
love
to
do
with
a
passion.
But
there
were
colors
with
us.
All
of
us
had
fun
shooting
that
song.
Holi
blast
One
funny
episode
happened
during
the
shoot.
It
was
a
hysterical
shoot.
It
was
the
finale.
Film
colors
had
been
splashed
on
everyone
and
it
was
a
completely
crazy
situation.
Actor
Raj
Babbar,
who
plays
my
father
in
the
movie,
was
busy
putting
dozens
of
colors
on
us.
We
really
got
flustered!
Dimpleji
and
myself
did
the
same
with
him.
And
we
suddenly
realized
that
his
fake
mustache
has
come
off
and
it
was
hanging!
When
we
finished
that
shot,
we
saw
that
he
had
lost
his
moustache!
Everyone
was
looking
for
it!
Chemistry
that
worked
I
have
a
very
nice
working
relationship
with
Dimpleji.
This
is
our
third
film
together.
We
are
very
fond
of
each
other.
She
is
playing
my
mother
in
this
film.
Raj
Babbar
is
playing
my
father
again,
after
Kalyug.
So
it
was
a
great
working
chemistry
between
the
three
of
us.
And
I
have
worked
with
Naseerji
earlier.
It
was
great
working
with
all
of
them.
Dying
for
a
comedy...
How
convincingly
you
play
the
character
is
far
more
important
than
your
image.
I
don't
think
make-up
or
clothes
make
you
a
star.
After
my
roles
in
Pinjar,
people
have
already
accepted
me
in
such
roles.
I
have
done
a
lot
of
heavy
films
and
now
I'm
dying
to
do
a
comedy.
Recent
Stories
Simone
Singh
on
Being
Cyrus
Pankuj
Parashar
spills
all