There
was
a
general
feeling
that
Konkona
Sen-Sharma
is
playing
a
lesbian
in
her
new
film
The
President
Is
Coming.
But
the
truth
is
something
else.
It's
not
at
all
like
Shabana
Azmi
and
Nandita
Das's
serious
take
on
lesbianism
in
Fire.
It's
actually
more
like
Dostana.
Konkona's
character
pretends
to
be
a
lesbian
to
get
her
own
way.
She
informs,
"The
President
Is
Coming
is
a
very
funny
mock-documentary
I
cracked
up
when
I
was
doing
it.
It's
a
marketing
strategy
for
the
film,
and
I
don't
mind.
The
film's
release
got
postponed
because
of
26/11.
I
was
in
Rajasthan
when
it
happened,
and
was
really
very
worried
when
I
saw
the
news
on
TV.
So,
though
I
was
lucky
not
to
be
harmed,
I
was
shocked
and
disgusted…The
film
didn't
matter
at
that
moment.
But
my
other
film
Dil
Kabbaddi
got
released,
soon
after
the
26/11
incident.
Some
people
liked
the
film,
but
not
too
many,
I
admit."
Though
she
worked
throughout
the
whole
of
last
year,
she
didn't
have
too
many
releases.
It's
because
Rituparno
Ghosh's
Sunglass
and
The
President
Is
Coming
got
delayed.
She's
a
lot
to
look
forward
to
with
the
The
President
Is
Coming
and
Luck
By
Chance.
She
adds,
"Now
I've
Zoya
Akhtar's
Luck
By
Chance.
Zoya
had
written
the
script
so
long
ago.
She
knew
what
she
wanted.
I
play
a
starlet.
It's
quite
funny.
My
character
is
the
lead
in
B-graders
and
is
also
the
'hero
ki
behen'.
I
had
to
keep
dressing
in
different
costumes.
While
one
day
I
was
a
junior
artiste
of
the
1930's,
the
very
next
day
I
was
a
nurse!
Like
Farhan's
character,
I
too
play
a
struggler
in
my
own
right."
She
has
Wake
Up
Sid
with
Ranbir
Kapoor
in
June.
She
says
it's
the
impact
of
a
role
and
the
director
that
matters
to
her
more
than
anything
else.
Looks
like
Koko
is
and
will
always
try
to
remain
unique
and
unusual.