To
hear
Purab
Kohli
talk,
however,
you'd
feel
that
he
has
got
the
wrong
part.
He
is
thirty
plus
and
then
he
delivers,
"Gul
Panag
is
a
very
attractive
woman.
You
can
make
out
from
the
attention
that
she
got
in
Delhi." Then
he
laughs
and
seriously
talks
about
his
attractive
co-star.
Two
years
ago,
he
was
sporting
one
of
the
best
beards
in
Rock
On.
It's
almost
2011
and
now
the
beard
is
no
more.
But
what
remains
is
his
mad
female
following.
Heartthrob
is
his
middle
name.
Professionally,
while
some
great
actors
become
complacent
with
success,
Purab,
according
to
many
directors,
is
still
hungry,
still
'excited
to
do
something
good'
and
even
if
Turning
30
is
more
about
Gul
Panag,
he
wants
to
prove
that
a
supporting
role
is
worth
supporting
a
film,
in
more
ways
than
just
one.
In
person,
Purab
is
warm
and
disarming.
He's
firm
in
his
refusal
to
discuss
what
he
doesn't
want
to
and
yet
he's
generous
elsewhere.
He
is
still
delighting
to
talk
about
his
critically
acclaimed
Onir's
I
Am
and
expresses
genuine
solace
in
his
audiences
preferring
more
commercial
cinema.
That's
what
defines
Kohli:
pure,
poignant,
personal,
playful
and
just
about
perfect.
Our
correspondent
presents
to
you
a
man
who
is
talking
and
walking
everything
that
has
to
do
with
the
30's,
Purab
Kohli.
Turning
30
I
don't
think
I
play
a
photographer
who
is
obsessed
clicking
pictures
of
women
turning
thirty
(laughs).
Yes,
I
have
taken
pictures
of
Gul
Panag,
but
that's
about
it.
Turning
30
has
a
lot
of
the
elements
what
a
normal
'chic
flick'
would
have.
There's
romance,
drama,
humour,
etc.
It
is
a
journey
of
this
girl,
who
is
travelling
from
her
29th
birthday
to
her
30th
birthday
and
talks
about
her
inner
turmoil.
It
is
something
that
you
must've
gone
through
or
I
must've
gone
through.
Actually,
I
did
start
questioning
myself
when
I
was
in
my
late
twenties.
Alankrita
'turning'
writer
and
director
The
character
I
play
of
Jay
isn't
the
pivotal
role
of
Turning
30.
It's
Gul
Panag
all
the
way.
I
think
Alankrita,
as
a
director
has
drawn
so
many
things
from
her
own
personal
experiences
that
it
is
commendable.
The
director
has
travelled
the
journey
as
she
was
making
the
film.
She
had
those
questions
coming
up
while
she
was
making
the
film
too.
I
think
Alankrita
has
made
the
film
from
her
heart.
In
all
honesty,
Alankrita
was
the
reason
I
wanted
to
be
a
part
of
this
film.
The
first
time
she
came
up
to
me
with
the
script,
I
was
hesitant.
But
as
we
started
talking,
she
won
my
interest
in
the
film.
Prakash
Jha
'turning'
versatile
and
young
Prakash
Jha
is
a
versatile
man
and
thinks
young.
But
more
than
that,
it
shows
his
ability
to
trust
someone
with
the
genre
of
film
that
he
is
not
comfortable
with.
He
trusts
Alankrita
and
more
than
that,
he
trusted
her
writing.
That's
the
brilliance
of
a
producer.
Prakash
Jha
was
the
first
person
who
called
me
saying,
'The
film
is
really
good.'
Turning
30
Audiences
'turning'
diverse
and
difficult
Our
audiences
have
genres
too.
The
largest
category
of
the
audiences
is
the
ones
who
watch
cinema
that
is
commercial
and
that's
what
we
churn
most
of.
Media
and
the
people
from
the
industry
should
have
the
responsibility
to
educate
and
upgrade
audiences
thought.
As
an
audience
your
growth
is
stopped
due
to
watching
the
same
kind
of
cinema
and
that's
when
you
feel
that
other
films
of
diverse
genres
aren't
working.
Every
filmmaker
needs
to
upgrade
the
standard
of
their
cinema
because
it
puts
the
audience
in
the
new
kind
of
thinking
process.
Rock
On's
audience
was
different
to
those
who
will
watch
Turning
30.
Gul
Panag
'turning'
attractive
and
old
Gul
Panag
is
a
very
attractive
woman.
She
is
turning
30
and
she
is
getting
old
too
(laughs).
You
can
make
out
from
the
attention
that
she
got
in
Delhi
(laughs).
She
is
a
very
established
actress.
Her
claim
to
fame
was
her
film
Dor.
She
is
also
known
for
Manorama
Six
Feet
Under.
But
whatever
her
commercial
value,
what
works
for
me
is
my
chemistry
with
my
co-star.
We
are
buddies
and
have
had
good
times
together.
We
complement
each
other
on
the
sets
and
understand
each
other
a
lot.
It's
a
nice
space
to
have
as
an
actor.
I've
also
worked
with
her
in
Rajat
Kapoor's
A
Rectangular
Love
Story.
So
it
was
just
like
coming
out
of
a
film
and
going
in
to
another.
It's
another
thing
that
Turning
30
is
releasing
before
Rajat's
film.