Interview : Sonam Kapoor: Youth Power

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Interview : Sonam Kapoor: Youth Power

She’s just two films


old at 24. Togged（穿衣，打扮） in a trendy（時髦的） black jumpsuit(連身衣), she flashes her trademark（商標，標誌性的）
mischievous（淘氣的，頑皮的） grin(露齒而笑) that reaches all the way to her eyes. Sonam Kapoor
epitomises（成為...的縮影） today’s youth. Here’s the perky(自信的，得意洋洋的) and perceptive(洞察力強的，敏銳的) actor

at her chirpy(活潑的) best（at one's best處在最佳狀態）

Have you finished unwrapping(移去...的包裹物,開啟) your birthday (June 8) gifts yet? Which is best one of all?

The best gift was that dad flew into Mumbai（孟買） from Los Angeles for
four days and then we went together to Macau（澳門）. His visit was supposed to
be a surprise but in all her excitement, my manager Nisha just let it
slip out. But that was very sweet of him. I got some 500 books and the
most delicious home-baked（烤） carrot cake from Monika, my publicist（公關）.

At 24, how would you sum up your personality?

I was born and brought up in the film industry. I have seen dad go
through a lot - I had the ringside(馬戲團，拳擊場) view of his struggle and stardom（明星）. He
was never aware of his superstardom, work has been worship(崇拜) for him.
That experience, together with my mom and sis Rhea, keeps me
well-grounded（基礎牢固的）. I certainly don’t have any false sense of self
importance.

I am very hardworking. I am like the pit bull
- I never give up on
anything. Like I get claustrophobic(幽閉恐怖症) in lifts but I made sure I rode up
and down in the elevator from the 38th floor hotel room in Macau
recently with a brave face. I am scared of going underwater, so I will
take to deep-sea diving.

The easiest perhaps is facing the camera? Your recent photo spreads have been scintillating（談笑洒脫）.

Facing the camera for films surely comes easy to me because that is such a great
escape


.
You are playing someone else! But I hate still camera.I overcame that
apprehension（憂慮，擔心；逮捕；理解） working with Mr Bhansali when we had hundreds of
photoshoots. I also don’t look at myself in the mirror, I get
self-critical and self-conscious（扭怩的，難為情的）.

We heard that you will be soon busying yourself in a workshop with your co-stars in Ayesha.

Ayesha is not a pure love story, it is about six or seven friends
played by Ira Dube, Amita , Lisa, Cyrus Sahukar, Arunoday Singh and
Abhay Deol. Since the film spans（跨越） over 63 days, we all have to really be
friends before the film goes on floors. So if we have to work together
for nearly four months we should have mutual trust too. Now that Abhay
is back from New York, we can hold the workshops.

How is it working for the first time with a lady director, Rajshri Ojha?

Oh, we keep discussing back stories
for every
character in Ayesha. I can be annoying with all my questions to the
director. I used to badger（糾纏不休，煩擾） Mr Bhansali and Mr Mehra too. So Rajshri is
no exception - at times she asks me when I will stop asking questions!
(laughs) As for women directors , I think they make films most
beautifully. I am a big Mira Nair fan because she uses space with her
actors so effectively（有效地）.

What’s Ayesha like ? Do you identify with
（和...有同感） her?

Ayesha is the Indianised version of Jane Austen’s character, as you
know already. Ayesha is a motherless girl who has taken care of the
family. She wants to be in control - she likes everything to be
perfect. She’s smart and perceptive(洞察力強的，敏銳的). But she challenges everybody which
makes her self-destructive（毀滅） in a way.

How and why did Abhay Deol come into the picture?

Abhay is a brilliant actor. He can be fun and he has the confidence
to carry off this role. He is a very secure actor, he knows who he is.
He suits the role of Knightley aka Arjun who is a very sorted-out
guy
and he is at ease with Ayesha as a woman of substance（實質,本體）.

So is Ayesha anti-marriage? What’s your view about the institution（慣例，習俗，制度） of matrimony ?

Ayesha definitely feels that marriage is not a merger（合并）. I am a
romantic, so I too feel marriages cannot be arranged, but since I also
know that my parents love me so selflessly（無私地，忘我地）, I will be smart about
bringing home someone whom I love and of whom they approve（贊成，同意）. I will have
to do a balancing act.

You are a Jane Austen fan. What do you admire about her heroines（女主角）?

All her protagonists（主人公） are independent, self respecting women. They read, write and play
music

.
They have a definite（明確的） sense of self-entitlement（授權，有資格）. And I am quite a
feminist（女權主義者）, so I love her work and most of my favourite authors are women
writers like Sylvia Plath.

Are you doing Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Sahibaan?

Mehra speaks to me about so many films, Sahibaan is
one of them. Let us see which one of these works out. But I want to
with him for sure. He is extremely realistic（現實的） - a good man and a great filmmaker


. I want to play characters of conflict - like the ones in his films.

You have been signed up by Dharma Productions I Hate Love Stories opposite（對立的，與...聯合主演） Imran


Khan. So are you prepared to get away from the traditional mould（模式） and don（穿上） a bikini（比基尼） if “the role demands”?

Punit Malhotra is the young, earnest(認真的) director of the film. It’s a
young man’s sweet romantic take . This will be a lovely film for Imran
and me. It is a love story, a date flick(輕打). As for wearing a bikini -
well I wear it in real life and I have worn angarkhas, salwar-kameez,
bandana, jeans, skirts, gunjee - whatever it takes. If the character I
play is on the beach - the correct gear（衣服，道具） would have to be a bikini.
(squeals away naughtily).

What kind of roles are you being offered these days?

Oh absolutely anything - my sister is going through umpteen（無數的） scripts
offered to me. It is flattering(諂媚的，討好的) that most of these are strong women
roles.

Having been an assistant director, when will the director in you surface?

At present, I am still evolving as an actor. But the writer in me is
wanting to surface. I don’t know if I can be a good director because I
am not so good at dealing with people. I would rather write screenplays（電影劇本）.

Courtesy by: Screenindia