“I dressed in those bright outfits as Veera Kaur, since all Punjabi women are so full of life. And in this film, I got to play both a pretty girl and a young Sikh lad, all agog about playing cricket. I truly had the best of both worlds,” says the 31-year-old actress, who looks not a year older than 25, in her new, chic avatar. When asked what was more challenging for her, playing a boy or a cricketer, in ‘Dil Bole Hadippa’, she says, “It’s amazing how nobody has homed onto the fact that I’ve played cricket like a pro, in the film. I mean, critics are commenting on everything in the film, except my cricket. I guess it means that my cricket shots appear natural and effortless and I take that as a compliment.”
Produced by the Yash Raj Films (YRF) banner, the Rani Mukherjee-Shahid Kapoor starrer has been directed by Anurag Singh and tells the story of a young woman, who pretends to be a man, in order to join an all-male cricket team. Speaking of her long association with the YRF banner, Rani says in all the films she has done with the production company, she was given something challenging to do. “I’ve always wanted to play such roles as those in Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music and with YRF, I’ve got the opportunity to play a fairy in ‘Thoda Pyar, Thoda Magic’. And in ‘Hadippa’, I’ve played a man!! Now, where else would I get a chance to do such roles?” she demands.
Asserting that Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan have a special place in her life, the leading lady says she loves to romance SRK, Bobby Deol and Shahid Kapoor on screen. “Bobby is a real darling and it’s great to work with him. Of course, Shah Rukh and Aamir are my all-time favourite male co-stars too,” adds the erstwhile queen of the marquee. “I look for an emotional connect with the audience in all the films I do and want to keep re-inventing myself. Now, the one role I’m really looking forward to is an action-oriented one. I’ve done drama and romance and comedy, now, it’s time for some ‘action’!” declares Rani.
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