Vikramaditya Motwane's Lootera but Sonakshi Sinha says she was warned by
many against doing the period film so
early in her career.
Sonakshi started her career with Dabangg and went on to star in masala
movies Rowdy Rathore, Dabangg 2 and Son Of Sardaar. The story of
unrequited love, set in the era
of 1950s, came as a nice challenge for
Sonakshi. She plays a pampered but
devoted daughter of a Bengali zamindaar
who falls in love with a stranger with
dubious past.
"After Dabangg people saw me in a particular kind of cinema. I heard
comments like 'This is too early in your
career', 'You may not be able to pull it off',
'You need to be mature for something like
this'. "I was irritated and decided to prove
everyone wrong. I tried doing something
experimental and I am happy that I was
able to carry it off," Sonakshi told PTI in an
interview.
The actress credits Motwane for bringing
out the best in her and feels without him it
would have been impossible to do the role
of Pakhi.V
"It is my most challenging role till date.
Because it is set in the 1950s, an era I
know nothing about. I have just gone by
pure instinct and Vikram's direction. He is
a tremendous director, I could not have
done it without him. I am so glad that the first opportunity where I
got to showcase
my range as an actor was with Vikram,"
Sonakshi said.
It is another busy year for Sonakshi. After Lootera, she is looking
forward to three more releases - Once Upon a Time In Mumbaai Dobara,
Bullet Raja and Rambo Rajkumar.
The actress says her mantra is to do work
quietly and not make much noise about it.
"I believe in doing my work quietly and not
make a big hullabaloo about it. That is how
I operate. I don't see any other reason to
be visible for, I like it when people talk about my work, that is what
I am here for.
"There is no point being visible for other
things like going for events, parties. I have
never spoken about who I am dating, what
I am doing behind the scenes. So that is
how I want it to be," Sonakshi said. She insists there is a normal life behind
her stardom, which she very much
cherishes. "Coming from a filmy
background I have seen everything
growing up, but even at that point of time
it never really fascinated me. I did not like going to my dad's
shoots. We were taught
not to get carried away with it from a very
young age.
"The upbringing has been very strong,
rooted. My mother gave up her career
bringing us up and she has played a very
important role in keeping us grounded.
Even now I don't take my work home, my
stardom home. It ends where it is supposed to end. There is a life beyond
stardom and its a very normal life which i
cherish. I anyway don't handle attention
very well," she added.
There is constant attention on her figure
but Sonakshi says it does not bother her
anymore. She has decided not to answer
questions related to the topic. "It is a non-issue to me. I am very happy
doing work and lot of work... Probably
more than the skinny-minnies. I am going
to take a stand in my life by not talking
about it, stop answering questions so that
people stop writing about it.
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