"I wear bikini in real life" - Sonam Kapoor
She's
just
two
films
old
at
24.
Togged
in
a
trendy
black
jumpsuit,
she
flashes
her
trademark
mischievous
grin
that
reaches
all
the
way
to
her
eyes.
Sonam
Kapoor
epitomises
today's
youth.
Here's
the
perky
and
perceptive
actor
at
her
chirpy
best.
Have
you
finished
unwrapping
your
birthday
(June
8)
gifts
yet?
Which
is
best
one
of
all?
The
best
gift
was
that
dad
flew
into
Mumbai
from
Los
Angeles
for
four
days
and
then
we
went
together
to
Macau.
His
visit
was
supposed
to
be
a
surprise
but
in
all
her
excitement,
my
manager
Nisha
just
let
it
slip
out.
But
that
was
very
sweet
of
him.
I
got
some
500
books
and
the
most
delicious
home-baked
carrot
cake
from
Monika,
my
publicist.
At
24,
how
would
you
sum
up
your
personality?
I
was
born
and
brought
up
in
the
film
industry.
I
have
seen
dad
go
through
a
lot
-
I
had
the
ringside
view
of
his
struggle
and
stardom.
He
was
never
aware
of
his
super-stardom,
work
has
been
worship
for
him.
That
experience,
together
with
my
mom
and
sis
Rhea,
keeps
me
well-grounded.
I
certainly
don't
have
any
false
sense
of
self
importance.
I am very hard-working. I am like the pit bull - I never give up on anything. Like I get claustrophobic in lifts but I made sure I rode up and down in the elevator from the 38th floor hotel room in Macau recently with a brave face. I am scared of going underwater, so I will take to deep-sea diving.
The
easiest
perhaps
is
facing
the
camera?
Your
recent
photo
spreads
have
been
scintillating.
Facing
the
camera
for
films
surely
comes
easy
to
me
because
that
is
such
a
great
escape.
You
are
playing
someone
else!
But
I
hate
still
camera.
I
overcame
that
apprehension
working
with
Mr
Bhansali
when
we
had
hundreds
of
photoshoots.
I
also
don't
look
at
myself
in
the
mirror,
I
get
self-critical
and
self-conscious.
We
heard
that
you
will
be
soon
busying
yourself
in
a
workshop
with
your
co-stars
in
Ayesha.
Ayesha
is
not
a
pure
love
story,
it
is
about
six
or
seven
friends
played
by
Ira
Dubey,
Amita
,
Lisa,
Cyrus
Sahukar,
Arunoday
Singh
and
Abhay
Deol.
Since
the
film
spans
over
63
days,
we
all
have
to
really
be
friends
before
the
film
goes
on
floors.
So
if
we
have
to
work
together
for
nearly
four
months
we
should
have
mutual
trust
too.
Now
that
Abhay
is
back
from
New
York,
we
can
hold
the
workshops.
How
is
it
working
for
the
first
time
with
a
lady
director,
Rajshri
Ojha?
Oh,
we
keep
discussing
back
stories
for
every
character
in
Ayesha.
I
can
be
annoying
with
all
my
questions
to
the
director.
I
used
to
badger
Mr
Bhansali
and
Mr
Mehra
too.
So
Rajshri
is
no
exception
-
at
times
she
asks
me
when
I
will
stop
asking
questions!
(laughs)
As
for
women
directors
,
I
think
they
make
films
most
beautifully.
I
am
a
big
Mira
Nair
fan
because
she
uses
space
with
her
actors
so
effectively.
What's
Ayesha
like?
Do
you
identify
with
her?
Ayesha
is
the
Indianised
version
of
Jane
Austen's
character,
as
you
know
already.
Ayesha
is
a
motherless
girl
who
has
taken
care
of
the
family.
She
wants
to
be
in
control
-
she
likes
everything
to
be
perfect.
She's
smart
and
perceptive.
But
she
challenges
everybody
which
makes
her
self-destructive
in
a
way.
How
and
why
did
Abhay
Deol
come
into
the
picture?
Abhay
is
a
brilliant
actor.
He
can
be
fun
and
he
has
the
confidence
to
carry
off
this
role.
He
is
a
very
secure
actor,
he
knows
who
he
is.
He
suits
the
role
of
Knightley
aka
Arjun
who
is
a
very
sorted-out
guy
and
he
is
at
ease
with
Ayesha
as
a
woman
of
substance.
So
is
Ayesha
anti-marriage?
What's
your
view
about
the
institution
of
matrimony?
Ayesha
definitely
feels
that
marriage
is
not
a
merger.
I
am
a
romantic,
so
I
too
feel
marriages
cannot
be
arranged,
but
since
I
also
know
that
my
parents
love
me
so
selflessly,
I
will
be
smart
about
bringing
home
someone
whom
I
love
and
of
whom
they
approve.
I
will
have
to
do
a
balancing
act.
You
are
a
Jane
Austen
fan.
What
do
you
admire
about
her
heroines?
All
her
protagonists
are
independent,
self
respecting
women.
They
read,
write
and
play
music.
They
have
a
definite
sense
of
self-entitlement.
And
I
am
quite
a
feminist,
so
I
love
her
work
and
most
of
my
favourite
authors
are
women
writers
like
Sylvia
Plath.
Are
you
doing
Rakeysh
Omprakash
Mehra's
Sahibaan?
Mehra
speaks
to
me
about
so
many
films,
Sahibaan
is
one
of
them.
Let
us
see
which
one
of
these
works
out.
But
I
want
to
with
him
for
sure.
He
is
extremely
realistic
-
a
good
man
and
a
great
filmmaker.
I
want
to
play
characters
of
conflict
-
like
the
ones
in
his
films.
You
have
been
signed
up
by
Dharma
Productions
for
I
Hate
Love
Stories
opposite
Imran
Khan.
So
are
you
prepared
to
get
away
from
the
traditional
mould
and
don
a
bikini
if
"the
role
demands"?
Punit
Malhotra
is
the
young,
earnest
director
of
the
film.
It's
a
young
man's
sweet
romantic
take.
This
will
be
a
lovely
film
for
Imran
and
me.
It
is
a
love
story,
a
date
flick.
As
for
wearing
a
bikini
-
well
I
wear
it
in
real
life
and
I
have
worn
angarkhas,
salwar-kameez,
bandana,
jeans,
skirts,
gunjee
-
whatever
it
takes.
If
the
character
I
play
is
on
the
beach
-
the
correct
gear
would
have
to
be
a
bikini.
(squeals
away
naughtily).
What
kind
of
roles
are
you
being
offered
these
days?
Oh
absolutely
anything
-
my
sister
is
going
through
umpteen
scripts
offered
to
me.
It
is
flattering
that
most
of
these
are
strong
women
roles.
Having
been
an
assistant
director,
when
will
the
director
in
you
surface?
At
present,
I
am
still
evolving
as
an
actor.
But
the
writer
in
me
is
wanting
to
surface.
I
don't
know
if
I
can
be
a
good
director
because
I
am
not
so
good
at
dealing
with
people.
I
would
rather
write
screenplays.