Thursday,
August
30,
2007
Bollywood's
glam
doll
Sameera
Reddy
is
now
well-placed
in
the
ranks
of
serious
actresses
in
Bengali
cinema.
Her
stunning
performance
in
her
first
Bengali
film
Kaalpurush
earned
her
another
movie
with
acclaimed
director
Buddhadeb
Dasgupta,
titled
Ami
Yasim
Arr
Amar,
and
also
Mira
Nair's
international
project
The
Migration.
The
actress
talks
about
her
career
outside
Bollywood,
comparisons
to
Madhubala,
JLo
and
Smita
Patil,
and
her
dream
role.
Your
last
Bengali
film
Kaalpurush
won
a
national
award,
how
does
it
feel?
I
feel
glad
and
proud
about
it.
To
be
honest,
when
I
was
doing
the
film,
I
never
imagined
that
it
would
get
a
national
award.
So
when
it
did,
I
was
not
just
happy,
I
was
also
amused.
I
believe
that
we
should
work
without
expecting
anything
from
it.
How
was
the
experience
of
working
with
Buddhadeb
Dasgupta?
After
having
worked
with
him,
I
feel
I
have
cleared
a
crucial
examination
of
an
acting
school.
It's
every
actor's
dream
to
work
with
dada
and
I
am
lucky
to
have
got
the
opportunity.
He
has
taught
me
the
minutest
nuances
of
acting
which
I
couldn't
learn
in
Bollywood.
This
satisfaction
is
no
less
than
an
award
for
me.
Did
you
take
some
training
before
getting
into
Bollywood?
No,
I
didn't.
I
have
been
a
Kathak
dancer
and
the
classical
dance
form
teaches
you
a
lot
more
than
just
dancing.
It's
about
dedication,
discipline
and
commitment,
which
are
very
important
in
acting.
In
Bollywood,
there
are
a
lot
of
other
things
that
are
given
more
importance.
Everything
counts
---
from
your
looks,
to
your
dress
and
even
your
shoes.
There
are
few
films
in
which
only
you
and
your
acting
matters.
Tell
us
something
about
your
role
in
Ami
Yasim
Arr
Amar.
I
play
the
character
of
Rekha,
a
girl
from
a
small
village
called
Parampur
who
comes
to
Kolkata
to
become
an
actress.
Here
she
meets
Prosenjeet
who
has
loved
actress
Madhubala
all
his
life
till
Rekha
enters
the
scene.
He
falls
in
love
with
Rekha
because
he
sees
his
ladylove
in
her.
How
did
you
feel
being
compared
with
Madhubala?
When
I
used
to
be
a
Kathak
student,
I
used
to
get
inspired
by
Madhubalaji
and
Meena
Kumariji
on
screen.
So,
it's
quite
obvious
that
I
feel
glad
when
someone
compares
me
with
Madhubalaji.
You
are
even
compared
with
Angelina
Jolie
and
Jennifer
Lopez?
Actually,
I
am
compared
with
Jennifer
Lopez
and
Smita
Patil.
Even
Buddhadebji
told
me
that
I
resemble
Smita
Patil.
A
few
days
back,
a
journalist
had
asked
me
"Jennifer
Lopez,
Smita
Patil
or
Sameera
Reddy,
what
has
Sameera
Reddy
to
say
about
it"?
I
don't
know
if
I
look
like
them,
it
depends
on
the
audience.
Was
"Ami
Yasim" the
dream
role
of
your
career?
My
dream
role
would
be
the
role
in
which
I
will
be
seen
in
a
glamorous,
yet
simple
character.
For
example,
the
role
of
Rekhaji
in
Khoon
Bhari
Mang.
If
I
do
a
glamorous
role
then
I
am
tagged
as
a
glamour
doll
and
when
I
do
a
simple
role
people
say
that
I
am
trying
to
hide
my
glamour
doll
image.
So
I
want
to
do
a
role
in
which
I
can
portray
both.
How
do
you
divide
your
time
between
Hindi
and
Bengali
cinema?
Currently,
I
am
not
just
giving
time
to
Hindi
and
Bengali
cinema,
I
am
also
accommodating
a
Telugu
film,
a
Tamil
film,
and
Mira
Nair's
international
venture
in
my
schedule.
I
have
already
done
three
films
in
Telugu.
I
want
to
push
my
career
in
all
regional
film
industries,
except
in
Bhojpuri
cinema.
It's
said
that
you
replaced
Mallika
Sherawat
in
the
movie
Race...
It's
even
said
that
Kaalpurush
was
first
offered
to
Bipasha
Basu
and
I
was
given
Shikhar,
but
I
did
Kaalpurush
and
she
did
Shikhar.
So
we
replaced
each
other.
Now
the
same
way,
I
replaced
Mallika
in
Race,
she
replaced
me
in
"Welcome".
Such
things
are
very
common
in
the
film
industry
today.
But
I
have
got
no
interest
in
snatching
someone
else's
role.
Do
you
feel
you
haven't
got
the
place
you
deserve
in
Bollywood?
No
one
can
claim
that
he/she
has
not
got
the
position
that
he/she
deserved.
I
know
I
am
not
chasing
any
dream.
I
want
to
go
slow.
I
am
satisfied
with
the
fact
that
I
am
growing
as
an
actor,
I
am
getting
better
day
by
day.
And
I
am
very
satisfied
with
it.
How
much
competition
is
there
between
you
and
your
sister?
There
is
no
competition
between
us.
I
just
compete
with
myself
and
fight
with
myself.
Tell
us
something
about
your
forthcoming
films.
I
just
completed
Abbas
Mastan's
Race.
It's
a
thriller
and
my
character
in
the
film
is
quite
interesting.
This
film
will
get
released
during
Diwali.
One
of
my
favourites
is
"123".
I
have
never
laughed
as
much
as
I
did
during
the
shooting
of
this
film.
Soon,
I
will
also
be
seen
in
Mira
Nair's
"The
Migration",
a
short
film
on
the
theme
of
AIDS.
She
offered
me
the
work
after
watching
Kaalpurush
on
DVD.
So
even
for
this
role,
I
am
thankful
to
Buddhadebji.