Daisy Shah finds kissing a stranger very awkward
New Delhi April 23 (IANS) Actress Daisy Shah played a bold role in the 2015 erotic thriller Hate Story 3. But she will never get into that genre again as she finds kissing a stranger very awkward.
Asked what kind of characters she will never play on screen she told IANS in an email interaction: I don t really have such kind of things in my mind. There are certain things that I am not comfortable doing on screen which is what I did in Hate Story 3 . I don t want to get into that genre again I just did it to break the mould.
I find kissing a stranger very awkward. The main criteria for me while selecting a project is the script. It has to be demanding and should challenge me as an actor. I don t mind doing a kissing scene as long as it s not just to pull the audience.
The former background dancer has come a long way. After doing a few films in Kannada language she made her Bollywood acting debut in 2014 with superstar Salman Khan s Jai Ho.
Is she happy with the kind of roles offered to her now?
I am being very cautious when it comes to signing films. The main reason why I am not doing so many films is because I want to do different kinds of films. I crave to do different characters and I don t want to get typecast.
After Jai Ho I was offered similar kinds of roles which I didn t want to take up and thankfully Hate Story 3 broke the mould for me. After that people started looking at me as a girl who could also pull off other characters said the actress whose next will be Govind Sakariya-helmed Ramratan -- a romance with a pinch of comedy and thrill.
Looking back at her journey in showbiz she said it has been quite an experience.
I would say it has been a nice learning experience. I never wanted to be an actress I just went with the flow and it worked out. In fact I never wanted to be a dancer or an assistant choreographer she said.
I never thought I wanted to be part of this industry. This particular field started as a means to earn extra pocket money and then turned into a profession.
Before her first film she had done a few modelling shoots and ad films.
My first film was not in Bollywood I have done a few south films before that because I was an assistant choreographer to Ganesh Acharya. At that time he was shooting with Salman Khan for songs for a film.
The first song... I couldn t be part of as I was shooting for my south film but then I had a break for almost three months and I called Ganesh Acharya. I told him I am free for the next three months . I am a workaholic so I cannot sit at home doing nothing for more than two days.
During that time Ganesh was choreographing for Dabangg and I happened to meet Salman. He spoke to me and asked where I was from and what I was doing. I said that I started acting in south and something must have clicked. It worked out.
And now she is on a tour with Salman and others in Malaysia Hong Kong Auckland in New Zealand and Sydney and Melbourne in Australia.
This is the first time I am doing a tour as a leading lady said the excited actress.
What about starting a dance academy of her own?
There is no plan to start a dance academy as of now. First of all I need to make a mark in the field that I am in right now. Maybe I can think about a dance academy later she said.
(Natalia Ningthoujam can be contacted at natalia.n@ians.in)
--IANS
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