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‘I don’t want to get bored as an actor’
Neetu Chandra has been seen in the avatar of a svelte-figured airhostess (Garam Masala), a downtrodden street vendor (Traffic Signal)...
an authoritarian cop (One Two Three), and more recently the girlfriend of a notorious criminal (Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!). And her latest getup is that of a housewife terrorised by a household appliance in the supernatural-thriller 13B.
Directed by Vikram K Kumar, the BIG Pictures film about a tyrannical TV features Chandra and R. Madhavan in lead roles.
According to Madhavan, the superstitious connotations implied by the number 13 had everyone on the sets of the movie ‘spooked’. “It’s true,” concurs Chandra. “A couple of months after the shooting was completed, whenever I had to deal with the date or the number 13, I would get worried. If I was to be seated on a 13 numbered seat, I would get it changed,” she reminisces.
The versatile actress also has several other films lined up for release this year: a project with Rahul Dholakia, tentatively titled Mumbai Cutting, a film starring Paresh Rawal called Kushar Prasaad Ka Bhoot and Zara Jee Ke Dikha with Rahul Bose.
“The variety of roles keep it from getting monotonous. I don’t want to get bored as an actor,” claims Chandra. “Out of all the genres that I have worked in, comedy is where my personal preference lies. And my personal favourite of all the roles I have played is the character of -Sonal from Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! She was almost like me.”
But all is not perfect in the glamorous world of Bollywood for the actress. Her love life has taken a massive hit for the sake of her career. “If it has to happen somewhere someday it will. It’s tough to make it big in Bollywood; it takes up all your time and energy. I want my career to succeed, so I put in 20 out of 24 hours into work. So, even if a guy did enter my life, he will run away in a couple of days. But I don’t have any regrets. This is exactly what I wanted from my life.”
And though she received a lot of flak for her revealing outfits in Priyadarshan’s Garam Masala, Chandra feels that looks are essential to succeeding in the film industry. “It would be highly stupid for me to deny that. Looks define your initial image; they are your first impression,” she declares emphatically.
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