"I am not an insecure actor..."
What
did
you
think
when
director
Reema
Kagti
and
Farhan
Akhtar
narrated
the
script
of
Honeymoon
Travels...?
You
know
after
Parineeta,
I
wondered
if
I
would
get
to
do
some
new
and
interesting
cinema
again.
Then
came
Reema
with
this
stunningly
refreshing
script
in
hand
which
was
so
different
from
the
star-studded
extravaganza
I
am
usually
offered.
Reema
had
taken
these
six
honeymooning
couples
on
a
package
tour
and
put
all
their
stories
together
in
a
mesmerizing
narrative
which
was
not
larger
than
life
to
make
it
look
foolish,
yet
not
so
close
to
real
life
to
make
it
boring.
It
was
just
what
the
actor
in
me
was
looking
for!
How
did
the
idea
of
there
being
more
than
12
actors
in
the
film,
including
Shabana
Azmi,
Boman
Irani,
Kay
Kay
Menon,
Raima
Sen
etc
appeal
to
you?
The
film
was
not
about
heroes
and
villains,
about
the
good
guys
and
the
bad,
but
about
a
whole
bunch
of
newly
married
people
with
stories
woven
around
each
couple's
love
and
relationship.
The
script
was
so
path-breaking
that
I
did
not
take
me
a
minute
to
say
yes.
I
have
already
done
my
share
of
main
leads,
and
I
am
not
an
insecure
actor
to
be
intimidated
by
the
presence
of
my
co-stars.
What's
your
take
on
your
character
in
the
film,
Shilpa
Shah
the
newly-wed
Gujarati
girl?
I
have
played
a
variety
of
characters
in
my
films,
but
what
made
Shilpa's
character
so
endearing
to
me
was
that
it
was
so
real
to
life.
While
Reema
had
gone
into
the
details
of
the
characterization
of
the
Gujju
girl
who
loved
her
Hindi
cinema
and
bhel
puri,
designer
Arjun
Basin
had
designed
the
clothes
exactly
what
a
lower
middle
class
Gujarati
girl
from
Mumbai
would
wear.
And
the
twist
is
that
unlike
the
very
docile
girls
from
this
community
who
are
brought
up
thinking
that
husbands
should
be
treated
like
God,
she
hates
her
husband!
What
was
your
rapport
with
Ranvir
Shorey
who
plays
your
husband
in
the
film?
On
reel
he
does
the
most
despicable
things
for
me
to
hate
him,
but
off
screen
Ranvir
is
a
riot!
He
made
everyone
laugh
with
his
miming
and
jokes.
What
about
the
rest
of
the
cast
of
Honeymoon...?
It
could
not
been
more
perfect!
Each
character
is
strongly
etched
and
will
draw
the
audience
attention.
But
my
favorite
track
is
that
of
Kay
Kay
and
Raima
Sen
who
play
a
Bengali
couple
from
Kolkata.
Theirs
is
an
interestingly
shaded
plot
with
layers
of
emotion,
and
both
the
actors
have
taken
it
to
a
new
level
by
their
amazing
performances.
Which
was
the
most
perfect
couple
of
the
lot?
Abhay
Deol
and
Minissha
Lamba
who
play
a
Parsi
couple
are
picture
perfect.
They
are
childhood
sweethearts
and
the
made-for-each-other
types.
But
on
the
sets
they
were
the
most
tormented!
To
put
across
their
compatibility,
they
had
to
be
shown
perfectly
in
tune
with
each
other
whether
it
was
the
way
they
swam
together
or
the
way
they
ate.
We
would
all
go
hysterical
when
Reema
would
throw
them
back
into
the
pool
again
and
again
to
synchronize
their
swimming!
What
is
Reema's
forte
as
a
director?
Oh,
she
is
a
master
craftsman.
She
knows
exactly
what
she
wants
and
and
no
one
can
force
her
to
do
anything
she
does
not
want
to.
Even
if
the
idea
came
from
a
veteran
like
Shabana
Azmi
or
Boman
Irani
she
would
brush
it
aside
curtly
if
she
did
not
like
it.
The
only
time
we
felt
she
is
a
woman
was
when
she
would
get
hysterical
and
start
yelling
to
get
the
attention
of
all
the12
actors!
What
are
your
expectations
from
the
film?
Very
high!
Not
only
has
the
film
taken
me
to
a
new
level
as
an
actress,
it
is
sure
to
redefine
Bollywood
and
take
Indian
cinema
to
a
new
future.
Honeymoon
Travels...
will
break
the
boring
monotony
of
our
films
and
make
us
proud!
Do
your
future
plans
include
a
honeymoon?
Noooo,
but
they
do
include
films
like
Bits
and
Pieces
with
Rahul
Bose,
Sanjay
Gupta's
Alibagh
and
Shootout
At
Lokhandwala!
(Studio 18 releases Honeymoon Travels internationally on February 23)