Showing posts with label Bhumi Pednekar sister. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bhumi Pednekar sister. Show all posts
Australia is a heaven for anybody who loves animals, wildlife and food-Bhumi Pednekar
8:59 AM
Onkar Kulkarni (BOMBAY TIMES; August 21, 2023)
"Travelling means re-educating myself. It is decompressing and relaxing,” says Bhumi Pednekar who’s back to the bay after a week-long trip in Australia. It’s a country she loves visiting and this was her third visit. What made her trip even better is that she had her sister Samiksha for company – and together, they are a cool travel jodi.
While during her earlier trips to Oz, Bhumi covered the Gold Coast and Sydney, this time around she explored Melbourne.
“If you are a foodie, then there can’t be any other better place than Melbourne. It truly has some of the best food to offer. Food is always one of the highlights when Samiksha and I travel together, and our days are usually planned around our meals, so this really completed our trip. This time, I really enjoyed binging at this pizzeria which is rated the fourth best pizzeria in the world,” she says.
Talking about what else she did in Australia, Bhumi says, “The coast and the water is just so beautiful. I am a beach baby and I love going into the water there. The wildlife is also so different from what we have around our parts of the world, like the koalas, kangaroos and even marine life. This place is a heaven for anybody who loves animals, wildlife and food!”
Another interesting addition to her itinerary was a visit to an art gallery. Bhumi says, “At the gallery, we saw some beautiful pieces by Picasso. I learned that he also made sculptures, and I loved seeing those. There was an entire area dedicated to female Australian artistes, and you could just see how female energy would transition.”
My sister Samiksha is my favourite travel buddy:
My sister Samiksha is my favourite travel buddy. We have literally seen the world together. We have travelled together ever since we were kids. From London to Paris, Canada to Dubai, we have travelled across Europe and also in India
‘I enjoy walking on the streets in a new city’
Bhumi says, “It is fun meeting people from different cultures because when I travel, I love living the local life, eating local cuisine and going to local markets. I also love walking around. I feel when you are walking on the streets is when you learn the most about the place. I learn a lot about life when I travel.”
What’s Bhumi’s next destination?
“The one place I do want to go to is Japan. It’s at the top of my travel list. I can’t wait to do that trip with my sister.”
I am giving my body the love I hadn’t all these years-Bhumi Pednekar
7:53 AM
Bhumi Pednekar’s on a regime of less workout, no dieting & lots of sleep
Ankita Chaurasia (MUMBAI MIRROR; November 4, 2020)
Bhumi Pednekar sees the positive side to everything, even the home confinement which looks like it could stretch into the new year. But after nine films in three years, it was a much-needed break. “Everything was happening at breakneck pace. Crazy schedules where I’d sometimes start working from 3 am and wrap up after 15 hours. There were a lot of injuries and frequent illness,” she admits, saying the forced time off has been a time of healing and recovery. “I am not on any diet, I eat what I feel like and workout moderately when I feel like it. I sleep a lot and am giving my body the love that I hadn’t all these years.”
Like some of her colleagues, she had tried her hand at cooking but stopped after making her favourite dishes. Planting a kitchen garden with her mother was far more fulfilling. “I read up on the effects of climate change, re-educated myself on sustainability. We planted tomatoes, chillies, fenugreek, coriander, brinjal, bittergourd, and okra and soon, meals were coming fresh from the garden. The plants didn’t survive the Mumbai monsoons but we are re-potting now,” she enthuses.
When not tending to her plants, Bhumi’s in front of the mirror, tending to herself. “I am not a professional but I enjoy doing my own make-up and have taught myself tricks to get it right,” she shares, revealing that since they were teenagers, her sister, Samiksha, and she have been playing dress-up, and saving pocket money to buy make-up. “I got my first vanity box when I was 14. After I started working, most of my salary went into cosmetics. I’m very different from the de-glamourised characters that I play. I believe it’s important to value what God has given you,” she asserts.
The actress has been posting dolled up shots of herself which are a far cry from the role-oriented styling of the past so her fans can see the ‘real’ Bhumi. “I am using the social media to become one with my audience and it’s happening organically,” she acknowledges.
In September, the actress visited her ancestral village in Pedne and came back raving about the temples. “Grateful for our culturally enriched lineage,” she’d raved. Was it a need for divine intervention in a tumultuous year that took her on a pilgrimage? Bhumi laughs, insisting it was only the need to get out after months of being cooped up that led to the trip. “This has been a time of connecting with the family. There I learned that my grandfather had run away from the village at the age of 14 to join a theatre group. Also, my great-grandfather had been a part of the village toli that went around performing plays. So, acting has been in my genes all along,” she exults.
Bhumi resumed work from July with home-styled photo shoots, dubbing, promotions, and post-production. Shoots, she rues, are very different now as safety protocols have put an end to shared meals and whispered gossip. “You can’t even run to the monitor to check a shot now. The fact that the virus is still active always plays on your mind. As actors, we can’t wear masks all the time despite several people entering our vanity vans to prep us up, so we have to be extra cautious. I hope the fear won’t come in the way of my performance,” she says, worriedly.
But despite everything, she’s excited about her upcoming horror-thriller Durgavati, a remake of Anushka Shetty’s Telugu film Bhaagamathie. “I took it on as a challenge as the arc of the character is very diverse. Otherwise, I am scared of horror films and watch them through slitted eyes after putting idols all around the television. We were shooting at old, dilapidated places but luckily, the vibes were good, otherwise I would have been really spooked,” she laughs.
And does she feel the pressure of taking Badhaai Ho forward? “I was waiting for the right project to collaborate with Raj (Rajkummar Rao, co-star) and Badhaai Do does full justice to the franchise. Junglee Pictures has been doing some great work and I loved (director) Harshavardhan Kulkarni’s Hunterrr. This year I got the opportunity to work with Alankrita (Shrivastava) and G Ashok too and there’s a lot to look forward to in 2021,” she avers.
Prod her for details and she clams up, only saying she has signed “many” projects and is trying a mix of genres. And now that she’s savoured self-love, will she be taking more vacations? “The time for holidays is gone, I’m going to pack in as much as I can into 2021. It’s my duty to entertain so it’s going to be work, work, and more work, but no worries, it’s not going to make Bhumi a dull girl,” she chuckles.
Aditya Chopra instructs Bhumi Pednekar not to sign any more films till he gives the go-ahead?
6:45 AM
Upala KBR (DNA; January 25, 2017)
Bhumi Pednekar’s mentor Aditya Chopra has seen some rushes of her upcoming Toilet - Ek Prem Katha and came away so impressed with her performance that he has asked her not to sign more films till he gives the go-ahead.
He firmly believes that directors will make a beeline for her after the film releases. Bhumi confirms, “I have two films this year. But I am not on a signing spree. I want to finish one project and move on to my next film. And I don’t take any step in my career without speaking to Adi Sir about it. He is a part of every decision I make. I have a conversation with him on everything. For Adi Sir and YRF it has always been quality over quantity. It’s not just as an actor but I have such immense love and respect for Adi sir as he has changed my life. He and Shanoo (Sharma, casting director) have shown such faith in me that I can’t say yes to anything without speaking to them.”
Bhumi says besides Adi her career advisor is her mom Sumitra who takes care of her husband’s construction business. “Mom’s a big part of my career, too. She’s so dedicated to my sister and me despite being a working woman and has her own job. When I get a script we both read, jam, jam over it and discuss its pros and cons. We are very close to each other. Mom is very involved in my work — be it my appearances or scripts, she has the last word.”
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