I had no spat with Katrina Kaif, says Neha Dhupia

Aug 23, 2008

Neha Dhupia has mostly been known for her sizzling and glamorous characters in films like ‘Qayamat’, ‘Julie’, ‘Kya Kool Hai Hum’. However talks about her experience of working on one of the biggest flicks of this season, ‘Singh is Kinng’.

Q: You were working for the first time with the entire team (including producer Vipul Shah and director Anees Bazmee) except for Akshay Kumar, how was your experience?

A: I had a whale of a time working with the entire team of Singh Is Kinng. It was great working with Vipul Shah never ever wants any of his artistes to be uncomfortable. He has an amazing ability to get friendly with the artists; he never behaves like a stingy producer and really takes care of the entire unit really well. Anees sir is a totally different; he thinks and breathes laughter, he is very funny. I had a blast working with all of them.

Q: Since there is a lot of action in the film, tell us some thing about the action sequences?

A: Yes, I must say that the action in the film looks amazing. We are a huge gang of goons who are all Sardars, everyone expected macho men as gangsters, and it looks really hilarious. When we started shooting, I didn’t know that I would be pushed in to such hard-core action. My most memorable action sequence was this scene (shot in Australia) where I had to pop out of a limousine in a beautiful evening gown and start shooting with a gun in my hand.

Q: How was your experience while shooting for such action scenes?

A: Though the sequences were a bit difficult at times, I guess I enjoyed shooting at its every bit. The first time when I used the pistol for a sequence, I literally got scared of the loud sound. It took me some time initially to get used to it because that was the first time I used a gun to such an extent but later I became so used to doing it that whenever I didn’t have any hard core action on my schedule, I used to get bored.

Q: The song Bas Ek King has gained popularity amongst the masses; how was it shooting for the song?

A: Bas Ek King is a wonderful song, shot very lavishly. We had a blast shooting for the song. Pritam has given beautiful music and I personally believe that this song will be as good as ‘Kajra Re’; it will become an anthem of sorts. While we were shooting for this song, we were simultaneously shooting for the promotional track only with me, so I had to change my costume every 10 minutes; it was like now I am shooting for the title track and now I am shooting for the special promotional track. After a point I lost count number of changes that I had. It was quite tiring but we all managed to do a good job.

Q: Who has choreographed the track? Was it difficult picking up steps since you were shooting for two songs simultaneously?

A: Well, Remo has choreographed the songs and I think he has done a fabulous job. Though it was a bit difficult to shoot for two tracks together and remember the steps, I coped up with it quite well because I love dancing and enjoy it a lot. The songs look beautiful not only because they are well shot but also because every one is looking great.

Q: You look simply stunning in the film. Who has done the designing for this gorgeous look of yours in the film?

A: Well, my costumes are designed by Pooja and Thea who apart from being fabulous designers are also my good friends. I give 100% credit to them for making me look so good in the film.

Q: Usually when there are two or more actresses in a film, small spats are bound to happen, any such thing that happened between you and Katrina?

A: No, not at all… We never had any kind of problem while shooting together, in fact I think she is very professional and we both enjoyed working together.

Q: Akshay Kumar being around on the sets means a lots of pranks, were you the victim of any of his pranks?

A: For a change, no! Not at all… Akshay didn’t play any pranks with me this time because I was a victim of the same on the sets of Garam Masala so this time I was extra alert and didn’t fall prey to any of his tricks.