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STAR BUZZ ||||| VIDYA BALAN<br />
THE HEADLINER<br />
AN ACTRESS PAR EXCELLENCE, VIDYA BALAN HAS BUILT A FORMIDABLE<br />
REPUTATION THANKS TO FILMS SUCH AS THE DIRTY PICTURE, NO ONE KILLED<br />
JESSICA, PAA, ISHQIYA AND KAHAANI. IT CONTINUES TO HOLD HER IN GOOD<br />
STEAD. THE ACTRESS IS NOW IMMERSED IN THE SEQUEL, KAHAANI 2, WHICH IS<br />
AGAIN DIRECTED BY SUJOY GHOSH. SHE TALKS TO US ABOUT USING MINIMAL<br />
MAKE-UP IN THE FILM, DOING ACTION SCENES, TAKING A BREAK AND FORGING<br />
AHEAD ON HER OWN STEAM. BY BOLLYWOOD NEWS SERVICE<br />
Kahaani or Kahaani 2 – which role has<br />
been more challenging?<br />
Honestly, at the point when I did<br />
Kahaani, that was the most challenging<br />
role for me. But I have grown in age and<br />
experience and I think that at this point,<br />
I understand my Kahaani 2 character,<br />
Durga Rani Singh, better. I couldn’t have<br />
done it four years ago; I am better<br />
equipped to do it today.<br />
Why have you chosen to have minimal<br />
make-up in Kahaani 2?<br />
Sujoy [Ghosh, the director] wanted my<br />
look to be realistic and my make-up artist<br />
Shreyas specialises in the no make-up<br />
look. To protect the skin, we have applied<br />
a little bit of make-up – we were shooting<br />
in Kalimpong and Sujoy wanted a certain<br />
dryness to the skin due to the cold<br />
weather there. So we have given a slight<br />
texture to the skin. That’s how Sujoy saw<br />
Durga Rani Singh and that is the reason<br />
for the no make-up look.<br />
Was it a challenge for you to shoot the<br />
action sequences in this film?<br />
I love hitting, punching and kicking, and<br />
I get very few opportunities to do that.<br />
Do you choose films based on a good story<br />
or your role or do you need both?<br />
Sometimes the story and the role are<br />
both nice but I feel I should not do the<br />
film. What is good is relative because<br />
what I like may not be what you like.<br />
Would you say Sujoy Ghosh is a better<br />
writer or director?<br />
He writes beautifully but on the set, he is<br />
a director. That’s the balance that creates<br />
the magic onscreen.<br />
You have become a major star without<br />
co-starring with any male superstars. What<br />
would you say is the reason for your not<br />
teaming up with them?<br />
ALAMY<br />
68 ||||| DECEMBER 2016
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