"A song in a chawl has to have that element. It can't be shot in Swiss Alps" - Kashmira Shah
Features
oi-Staff
By Super Admin
By:
Faridoon
Shahryar,
IndiaFM
Thursday,
April
20,
2006
"I
am
a
powerful
actor," says
sultry
siren
Kashmira
Shah
whose
last
film
Holiday
did
sorry
business
at
the
Box
Office.
In
spite
of
a
non-happening
career
in
Bollywood
so
far,
the
seductress
recently
won
the
first
'Frownie
Award
for
best
close
up'
at
the
Delray
Beach
Festival
for
her
English
film
My
Bollywood
Bride
that
was
produced
by
her
husband
Brad
Listerman.
"Out
of
so
many
international
stars
from
US,
France,
Russia
and
Italy,
I
was
the
one
who
bagged
the
first
Frownie
Award...It
is
a
humbling
feeling.
This
film
also
starred
Hollywood
actor
Jason
Lewis,
Gulshan
Grover
and
Sanjay
Suri
and
was
directed
by
Rajeev
Virani," she
said
in
a
barely
audible
voice.
Kashmira
Shah
has
been
around
for
almost
a
decade.
She
was
seen
in
Shahrukh
Khan's
Yes
Boss
as
the
super-rich,
suspicious
wife
of
Aditya
Pancholi
while
Kajol
bayed
for
her
blood
in
Pyaar
To
Hona
Hi
Tha
as
they
indulged
in
a
cat-fight
over
their
imbecile
boy
friend.
There
was
a
time
after
that
when
she
was
happy
being
an
item
girl
with
shake-a-bum
hits
like
Javaani
Se
Ab
Jung,
Chalka
Chalka,
Dil
Pe
Mat
Le
Yaar
etc.
"I
love
doing
dance
numbers
but
today
all
the
songs
are
choreographed
in
the
same
way.
I
would
like
to
do
songs
that
are
remembered.
Their
has
to
be
a
context,
like
a
song
in
a
chawl
has
to
have
that
element,
it
can't
be
shot
in
Swiss
Alps.
A
bar
dancer,
for
example
dances
for
the
money
and
not
for
the
men,
so
that
body
language
has
to
come
through.
Just
look
at
Saroj
Khan
how
she
goes
into
detailing
of
all
her
songs.
It
was
a
pleasure
working
with
her
for
Vaastav,"
she
says.
The
moment
one
asks
her
about
Revati
(where
according
to
her,
director
Farooq
Siddiqui
shot
her
topless
from
angles
that
she
wasn't
even
aware
of)
she
recoils
in
disgust.
"It
was
a
bad
phase
and
I
am
incensed
with
a
tabloid
that
gave
undue
publicity
to
that
episode
as
the
film
went
unnoticed,"
she
stammers.
Her
husband
let
that
episode
pass
and
instead
produced
My
Bollywood
Bride
that
has
got
her
at
least
some
recognition
in
Bollywood
although
many
people
don't
even
know
about
it
as
it
is
still
to
be
released
in
India.
It
was
time
to
ask
her
about
her
favourite
subject...Jungle...A
Ram
Gopal
Varma
film
that
is
still
considered
as
her
best
film
as
an
actress.
"Films
like
Jungle
are
rare.
It
was
a
powerful
role
and
in
the
future
I
would
like
to
be
associated
with
such
films
rather
than
being
part
of
nonsense
stuff.
Even
the
song
Chikna
Badan,
Tirchi
Nazar
had
so
much
of
attitude..."
So,
why
didn't
you
do
anything
else
after
Jungle
with
a
prolific
producer-director
like
Ramu.
"I
am
doing
a
Telugu
film
called
Ah-amai
with
Ramu
where
I
play
the
title
role,
so
there's
the
answer."
And
what
are
the
other
films
starring
you?
"I
am
doing
an
untitled
Mahesh
Manjrekar
film.
I
am
also
doing
a
powerful
role
in
a
Marathi
film
besides
that
I
am
also
doing
a
few
English
films
produced
by
my
husband
that
I
would
talk
about
at
the
opportune
time."
Don't
you
miss
your
husband?
"He
is
here
with
me
or
I
am
him
with
him."
Any
role
models.
"Oprah
Winfrey
and
Sudha
Chandran
for
her
sheer
grit
in
coming
back
so
strongly
even
after
losing
her
leg."