Actress Sonam Kapoor on Monday unveiled the trailer of her forthcoming film Khoobsurat, and said the film’s producer and director have “exposed me completely in this film”.
An eponymous remake of the Rekha and Rakesh Roshan-starrer 1980s blockbuster, the film is directed by Shashanka Ghosh and produced by Kapoor’s sister Rhea. Pakistani actor Fawad Afzal Khan plays the male lead in the movie.
“There was no problem on the set because Rhea, Shashanka and the writer [Indira Bisht] knew me so well that very shamelessly they have taken every part of my personality and exposed me completely in the film,” Kapoor told reporters at the launch in Mumbai.
Although Khoobsurat is her home production, Kapoor only had to do act. “I am just an actor, there’s no responsibility. It’s only Rhea and Shashanka’s responsibility, I have done acting and nothing else,” said the 29-year-old.
“When I take on a job as an actor, I only concentrate on doing that, otherwise there is a conflict. You have to just do your best with what you have got,” she said, adding that when she starts thinking about the responsibilities, then she “won’t be able to go to work next day morning”.
Selfish actor
“So it’s just the matter of taking each day, enjoying my work and saying that I will be a selfish actor and I will do my best for the film,” Kapoor said.
Kapoor’s recent hits include Raanjhanaa and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. However, her last release Bewakoofiyaan bombed at the box office.
Director Ghosh said his version of Khoobsurat takes the story forward. “The original was just a clash of values within the family and here, we have taken it a little further but we have held on to the core idea.”
While Dina Pathak played a strict mother in the original, her daughter Ratna has been cast in the remake.
