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I'm proud of Khallas Girl image
Tuesday,
October
17,
2006
New
Delhi
(UNI):
Six
years
ago
this
hazel-eyed
beauty
stormed
her
way
in
public
imagination
through
the
item
song
'Khallas'
in
Ramgopal
Verma's
Company,
a
song
which
earned
her
the
'Khallas
girl'
tag
in
the
industry
as
well
as
among
cinegoers.
From
playing
the
item
girl
in
company
and
Sanjay
Gupta's
Kaante
to
being
featured
as
the
girlfriend
of
superstar
Shahrukh
Khan
in
this
year's
most-awaited
release
Don,
Isha
Koppikar
has
come
of
age.
She
may
have
entered
the
big
league
in
Bollywood
with
Farhan
Akhtar's
remake
of
the
70s
hit
Don
and
the
forthcoming
Salaam-E-Ishq
and
Shabri,
but
unlike
many
of
her
contemporaries
who
tend
to
play
down
their
'item
girl'
or
'sexy'
image
once
they
get
famous,
Isha
takes
pride
in
her
'Khallas
Girl'
image.
''I can never be tired of my 'Khallas girl' image. After all, it is because of the song 'Khallas' in Ramgopal Verma's 'Company' that I got noticed in the industry as well as among the general public. For me to be associated with a tag, just as Hema Malini was identified as the 'Dream girl', is a matter of pride,'' Isha told UNI in an interview on the eve of release of the film this Friday. She, however, admitted that given a choice she would definitely prefer doing a full fledged role rather than just play an item girl. As far as getting full-fledged roles, things have never been better for Isha as they are now.
With Farhan Akhtar's Don ready for release and with Nikhil Advani's Salaam-E-Ishaq, Ramgopal Verma's Shabri and Darling to follow in the coming months, 2006 could well be described as the "coming-of-age" year for Isha. ''2006 is definitely a turning point in my career. For, on one hand I am playing the girlfriend of Shahrukh Khan in Don, a character which is the most original one in the remake and meatier than the earlier Don, on the other hand I am playing the role of a female dacoit for the first time Shabri,'' she said.
Talking about her role in Don, she said, ''I play the character of Anita, Shahrukh Khan's girlfriend. Anita is a very mysterious woman. You don't know what she is up to in the film. Infact, Anita is one character that has been borne out of Farhan's interesting interpretation of the earlier 'Don'. So, while the character was almost non-existent in the original film, in the remake, it is an integral part of the story. In Farhan's interpretation, the relationship between Don and Anita unfolds as the movie progresses.'' In the film, Isha features in two songs - the title song 'Main Hoom Don'and a 'jugalbandi' featuring her with Priyanka Chopra where both of them are trying to woo Shahrukh.
It was Isha's first experience of working with the charming Shahrukh Khan and it has left her highly impressed. ''Shahrukh is a very energetic person. During the nearly three month-long schedule in Malaysia, I never found him bored. He was constantly at his jokes. It is rare to find such commitment at this level as is evident from the work of Shahrukh,'' she says. Lined up for release next for her is Ramgopal Verma's Shabri.
''Shabri is the story of a girl from a lower middle class family living in a JJ cluster. Some circumstances force her to take up the Gun. My role in Shabri is my best till date. Infact, i'd go further to say that it is one role I had always dreamt of doing,''she said. Among Isha's other forthcoming releases is Ramgopal Verma's Darling and Nikhil Advani's Salaam-E-Ishq.
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