Date:29/06/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2009/06/29/stories/2009062950990100.htm

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No Shortkut

Amrita Rao on her new look, co-stars and her dream

New me Amrita Rao

The innocent girl-next-door has finally grown up. Well, at least the promos of her latest movie tell us so. The trendily dressed Amrita Rao who mostly flashed her petite waist in Main hoon na has moved on to reveal her curves in he r latest movie, Shortkut. ‘Attention seeking’, one might think considering her career graph but the girl says, “Not at all. I have dressed according to my script and character. If Shortkut would have happened before Vivaah I would have been seen in these clothes,” she says.

The girl is looking forward to the release of the film as she claims it to be the ultimate in wholesome entertainment. She cannot wait to see the reaction of the crowd in her new Manish Malhotra-designed avatar, “I think he has done a great job with my looks. I love it,” she says while saying she is eager to watch the movie with the cast and crew before it is released. The latest movie sees Amrita with Akshay Khanna and Arshad Warsi. When asked if she is confident about the chemistry with the actors she says, “I don’t think that is a problem. Hindi film industry like Hollywood is opening up to casting unusual pairs and they have succeeded,” she says. Amrita had been working non stop and so had to put behind her Leh-ladakh tour on hold. “It is my dream to do that trip, but I had to keep postponing it,” she says.

Speaking of Telugu movies, Amrita says she enjoyed her short stay in the city while she shot for Welcome to Sajjanpur and Athidi. “We shot and Taramati and RFC extensively and I loved the food. I remember some parts of Jubilee Hills,” she relates. Though Amrita claims to know a lot about the city, her comparison of Hyderabadi cuisine with Mangalorean might raise doubts. “I just felt like I was eating home food as Hyderabadi cuisine uses a lot of coconut like us,” says this Mangalorean. But where does all that coconut fat go? “I do yoga and eat a balanced diet. Professional help on diet is a must for all, irrespective of whether you are an actor or not,” she suggests.

But right now Amrita has a dream to live up to, “My films might do well, but the day I win a national award or when Lata Mangeshkar sings for my character, I will consider to have arrived in the industry,” she says.

PRABALIKA M. BORAH