Showing posts with label Colour Blind. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Colour Blind. Show all posts
I used to call Deepika Padukone mother earth as she'd get food on the sets-Kalki Koechlin
8:49 AM
Anju Maskeri (BOMBAY TIMES; June 20, 2014)
Your monologue Truths Of Womanhood seems to have struck the right chord with many. What was the reason for that?
It's because every other person in India is a woman and as women, we tend to get affected when there's violence against us since we are so vulnerable. The idea of a monologue was like I was talking to an individual.
It's because every other person in India is a woman and as women, we tend to get affected when there's violence against us since we are so vulnerable. The idea of a monologue was like I was talking to an individual.
You've said you envy Priyanka Chopra? Why is that?
She's a fantastic actress and very beautiful. She started as a commercial actress and then moved to off-beat roles. I'm jealous she got to work with my favourite director Vishal Bhardwaj. Now she's opening up to an international market and is constantly reinventing herself.
How about your theatre work?
I am working on two plays - Colour Blind, based on Tagore's life where I play an Argentine French woman with whom he had an affair in his later years. It's directed by Manav Kaul. The other is Hamlet The Clown Prince, director by Rajat Kapoor.
How about your upcoming film Jia Aur Jia?
It is a chick flick about two girls who go on a road trip to Sweden, but they don't get along. Richa Chadha plays the other girl. It's good to have women-oriented films that aren't necessarily deep and dark. Girls wanna have fun too, you see.
What would you change about the Hindi film industry?
We don't appreciate writers enough. And writers don't get paid enough.
Do you prefer indie or commercial cinema?
When I'm working on a film, I don't see it as commercial or indie. They are the same. Whether it's a dark or a comical world, you still got to be true to it.
How do people react when they hear you speak fluent Tamil and Hindi?
It's funny, especially in the South. When I enter a shop, people will discuss me, `hey she's hot' or something like that and before I leave the shop I say something in Tamil and their jaws drop.
Are you a foodie?
I travel for food. I go to places that locals frequent. I love Bengali and Japanese food. Every February, I go to Kashmir for skiing where I gorge on Kashmiri cuisine.
Which Bollywood actress do you get along with the most?
Deepika Padukone because we've spent so much time during Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. She's extremely real despite the stardom. She's very motherly. I used to call her mother earth because she'd get food on the sets.
How has fame changed you?
With fame, I have had to protect myself a lot because you become susceptible to everyone's opinions. I am a very open person and it's difficult for me to be reserved but you have to do that when you become famous because they want to see your vulnerable side.
Any message for your Follo'ers?
Thank you for following. You guys are great and I like your choice and taste. I hope to keep surprising you.
We don't have our honeymoon pics as we were busy having sex-Kalki Koechlin
7:53 AM
DNA (May 2, 2014)
Kalki Koechlin has a lot to talk about. Her play will soon leave for a tour in the US, she has moved into a new home and in her next film she plays a disabled gay character. In an interview with her designer friend Nimish Shah, the actress talks about playing a gay character, life in a new home, her social network behaviour and her plans. Read on the excerpts from the interview...
On stage
I’m actually doing three movies and working on a couple of plays. One is Hamlet — The Clown Prince by Rajat Kapoor, which we have been performing for a few years now. But it’s not a traditional Shakespearean interpretation. All the cast members are acting out the play as clowns. It’s a play within a play. I play Phephe the clown, who plays Ophelia. She is one of the central characters in the drama. Hamlet... has become really popular over the years, and to be honest, all of us actors are bored of performing it. But Rajat is making so much money from it, that he is like, ‘There is no way I’m shutting down this play’ (laughs) which is great because it’s going on a US tour this summer and that will be real fun. I’m also doing another play based on a story by Rabindranath Tagore, called Colour Blind. I love to shake things up.
Commerical cinema
The whole point of being an actor is to be able to do what is uncomfortable. It’s just as uncomfortable to go all commercial as it is to go all independent and intense. In fact, sometimes it’s harder to do what seems easy. Comedy, for example, is the hardest genre to perfect precisely because it looks effortless on screen. I cannot do a commercial film purely for the fact that it’s a big star-cast or big budget. If I think it’s really ridiculous and I really can’t do it, I won’t.
New house
Kalki has moved into a new house, which has little or no furniture. She admits, “Nope. I don’t have a television. I have a bed. And I don’t watch TV anyway. I’d rather read the papers and I am pretty happy using the Internet for watching movies and TV shows.
Social network
When I’m online, I’m online. When I’m offline, I just don’t care. I’ll use my Instagram and Twitter when I’m stuck in traffic or something, but it’s not like I’m obsessive because I feel you miss out on life when you’re taking pictures instead of being in a place. From my honeymoon in Turkey, we don’t have any pictures, because we were busy having sex. I think it’s important to live sometimes, because we spend too much time in our virtual worlds.
Gay character
I just finished shooting, Margarita, With A Straw, the filmmaker wanted me to look as ugly as possible. I played a person with a disability who is bound to a wheelchair. In the sense, she had to wear clothes that were practical. Everything had to be slip-ons, no zips or buttons. Clothes that make you feel pregnant because they are so shapeless and loose. That was logical to do. I’m quite excited to see the film, because I think that’s the only movie where you are really pushing the limits. Yes, there is nudity in the film. I enact a gay disabled person. It’s pretty intense. I hope it passes the Censor Board’s certification.
This summer
I am excited for the US tour of Hamlet ..., and I’m going to club that with a trip to Paris because I have a friend who is well connected with the local film scene there. So we are going to meet agents.
Future plans
I’ve written a play that I need to direct at some point. But I’m liking this time. Last year I worked non-stop for nine months. Emotionally it’s been a crazy ride, so now I’m just taking time out. I took a holiday with my family to Kashmir. I went for my best friend’s wedding in Dhaka. So I’ve just come back from this very grounding time. I’m taking everything as it comes, and anyway it’s always like that – feast or famine, you have way too much to do or nothing at all. So just deal with what comes your way.
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