Amrita Rao sheds her touch-me-not look

Amrita Rao trod the path to Bollywood as most model-turned actresses do, but unlike most of them she made her presence felt, earning a Filmfare nomination in the Best Female Debut category for her second movie, Ishq Vishq.

After her chirpy and innocent look in Main Hoon Na and quintessential virgin beauty in Vivah, Amrita is ready to shed her touch-me-not image in Shyam Benegal’s period satire, Welcome to Sujjanpur.

She will be seen doing some intense scenes with co-star Shreyas Talpade. “I play a typical village girl, while he plays the letter writer of the village,” says Amrita. Interestingly, Amrita has mostly done romantic films so far but she has never kissed on screen. “I don’t believe in the popular dialogue, ‘I will kiss if the script demands it’ or something like that. For me, my level of comfort is the prime factor. I’d never compromise on my comfort, no matter how much a script needs it. At the same time, I am not averse to kissing or doing a rather bold scene. As long as I am fine with it, I can do anything,” clarifies Amrita.

Talking about director Shyam Benegal, she says, “He is one of the finest filmmakers India has ever produced. Welcome…was a challenging role for me. Be it the look or the dialect, every bit of it was new and exciting.”


Coutesy:hindustantimes.com
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