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Sonal's beauty doesn't impress Kunal
Agrees Kunal, "I told Sonal point blank that I didn't care about her beauty. Her job was to act and she had to know that audience would fall in love with her face when she would first appear on screen but after 10 seconds it would only be her acting which would do all the talking."
How
did
the
young
girl
react
to
such
a
harsh
messaging
in
her
very
first
film?
"In
fact
she
took
it
all
quite
positively.
She
is
a
very
clever
girl.
The
moment
she
understood
what
was
expected
out
of
her,
she
focused
herself
completely
for
Jannat.
And
mind
you,
in
the
film
she
is
not
there
for
a
'gaana-bajaana'
routine.
There
is
much
more
to
her
character
which
is
that
of
a
dancer
in
a
club",
reveals
Kunal.
So
what
is
her
contribution
to
the
film?
How
did
she
go
about
making
sure
that
she
justifies
her
presence
in
the
project?
"Cliched
as
it
may
sound
but
the
fact
remains
that
she
has
put
in
a
lot
for
her
role
in
the
film",
adds
Kunal,
"In
spite
of
the
fact
that
she
had
to
work
for
15-16
hours
a
day,
she
didn't
complain.
We
pushed
her
and
she
came
up
trumps
every
time."
One
hears
Kunal
was
a
little
reluctant
though
about
roping
in
a
fresher
for
the
role.
Is
that
true?
Kunal
gets
candid
here,
"That's
right.
This
is
a
very
important
role
in
the
film
with
shades
of
grey.
I
felt
someone
with
the
right
kind
of
maturity
and
cinematic
experience
should
be
roped
in
for
this
role.
Once
Esha
Deol
was
no
more
a
part
of
the
project,
we
played
a
gamble
of
having
Sonal
in
the
film."
"Though we are convinced that it was a right choice, audience would be telling us on 16th June whether we have been right in our assessment," concludes Kunal.
