Had she not ‘drifted’ towards Bollywood, Minissha Lamba could have ended up in a newspaper office,
Had she not ‘drifted’ towards Bollywood, Minissha Lamba could have ended up
in a newspaper office, reports Prithwish Ganguly
Svelte actress Minissha Lamba, who’s gradually climbing up the ladder in Bollywood, says that she always wanted to be a war reporter than a filmstar.
Born in Kashmir and brought up in New Delhi, Minissha could have ended up being in a news bureau, had she persuaded her passion a little harder. In fact, she also enrolled herself at the Delhi’s Miranda House college and passed her graduation with an honours in English literature. “If I had not become an actress then I surely I would have been a war-reporter. I always wanted to be a reporter and wanted to opt for it as a career at one point of time,” she says. Interestingly Minissha had played the role of a journalist in Shaurya. “But I wouldn’t have been like the reporter I portrayed in the film. I would have been more bold and more risk taking,” she adds.
Minissha plays a 17-year-old girl in her forthcoming glossy romance Bachna Ae Haseeno, which also stars Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Bipasha Basu. “I play the role of Mahi in the film. I’m 17 and I’m from Amritsar. Like most people in that age group, I believe in falling in love, in loving someone more than myself,” she says, adding: “I cannot really tell you the entire story but something happens to her that changes her life forever.”
Minissha will also been seen in an action thriller Kidnap, Sanjay Gadhvi’s next that also has Sanjay Dutt, Imran Khan and Vidya Malvade in it.
“There too I play a 17-year-old girl but she is completely different from what I’m in Bachna…. She is born and brought up in Mumbai, very hep, very outgoing and really stylish. It’s a totally different avatar you will see me in,” she says.
Will she be seen in low budget films also? “I will continue to act in films that have quality scripts. Even if a film does not have big budget, the role and the script it offers may be very challenging and exciting. I’m not looking to limit myself at any cost. I’m still growing as an actress and I want to taste different things,” Minissha signed off.
g_prithwish@dnaindia.net
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