Friday, April 20, 2012

Dinesh Kamath's old article on Kareena Kapoor that was published in Newsband



Kareena Kapoor's wax statue is ready and she has already received the pictures of the statue. It will be unveiled at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Blackpool, UK on 27 October after the release of her latest movie Ra.One with superstar Shahrukh Khan. Kareena Kapoor is all excited to get immortalised in wax at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum.
Kareena will launch an exhibition of Bollywood superstars and the exhibition will tour other Madame Tussauds Museums in six different cities around the world. However, Kareena’s mother Babita, who will accompany her to Blackpool, has always encouraged her in such matters.
Kareena got everything going for her: a fabulous career, a jam-packed social calendar and so on. But what is Kareena like when she is not surrounded by a million flash-bulbs? The very first thing you notice about Kareena isn't the convoy of spot-boys scurrying about to make her comfortable, or how she makes a regular pair of jeans and a tee look incredibly stylish, or even her gorgeous skin (which is seriously stunning). It's her quiet calm that catches instant attention, the almost Zen-like smile on her face, and waveless manner she speaks in, often forcing you to lean in to hear better.
Kareena is shaking a leg on television. Kareena looked a true Chammak Challo in a completely new and stylised version of the nine-yard garment. If dancing on Chammak Challo with television beauties wasn't enough for Kareena, here's another enthralling performance lined up this Diwali season that will leave her wanting more.
Recently, while shooting for Diwali Rishton Ki Mithas on Star Plus, Anant from Navya was head over heels for the actor as she greeted and danced with the rest of the television artistes. Anant, who could not get his eyes off Kareena, tried to grab some quick attention before she left and as the old saying goes, Chaand tod lenge; Anant gave a magnificent performance. Seeing it, Kareena, who was quite impressed by his show, happily stepped on to the stage to shake a leg with him when he requested her to do so.
Kareena's films are competing with each other. With Ra.One touted to cross the 100-crore mark at the box office as it releases this Diwali, Kareena is staring at her fourth film to achieve such a feat and the actress says it is great that her films are competing with each other.
Her earlier films 3 Idiots, Golmaal 3 and Bodyguard grossed more than Rs 100 crores and Ra.One might become Kareena's fourth film to break the box office record, making her the only actor in the history of Indian cinema to achieve this feat.
Kareena feels wonderful. To have such great successes like 3 Idiots, Golmaal 3 and Bodyguard with Aamir, Ajay and Salman is a wonderful thing. Now with Shahrukh, she is looking forward to Ra. One. She keeps hearing all such fantabulous box office figures every now and then. If Ra.One indeed manages to do as well as predicted, then nothing better than that. Her films are competing with her own films and that is a great feeling for her. Bodyguard netted over 100 crores in it's extended first week and Ra.One may break the record with a much bigger release on the extended weekend of Diwali.
With such commercial successes in her kitty, Kareena, 31, is well aware of the number game in Bollywood and she is clever enough to know that the commercial viability of a star is important. She realizes that in this industry you are as good as your last film. Eventually it is all about the commercial viability of the stars. Bollywood is about entertainment; this is what sells here and nobody can change that.
Kareena may try to please everyone but at the end of it all, basically she has to entertain her fans. She can never forget that basic aspect of her journey as an actress. It was this thought that made her sign a film like Bodyguard where she knew that the focus would be on co-star Salman Khan. Bodyguard is the only film in her career where she knew that it would be an instant blockbuster on its release. Yes there was Salman in it, which is a huge factor, but ultimately Kareena believed in the power of the script. Regardless of what is sold about the movie, ultimately there has to be something in it that clicks with the audience, else it won't work. Bodyguard had a superb story and some fantastic twists that added to the film's appeal. Otherwise, as a brand, the film wouldn't have been successful in all languages. Kareena realizes this.
Talking about language, Kareena seems to be having some fun time in Ra. One, what with her on-screen son reprimanding her for mouthing words that sound like abuses. That was sheer fun for her. She enjoys doing comedy and now after Golmaal Returns and Golmaal 3, her role in Ra.One too is a light hearted one. She plays this fun loving wife of Shahrukh Khan in the film. There is a lot of 'gaali galaauj' here but then these are words that just seem like 'gaalis' instead of being the real ones. So Kareena doesn't feel any kind of stress here.
As Shah Rukh Khan's Ra.one is already being expected to cross the 100 crore mark at the Box Office, SRK's co-star in the film Kareena is all excited about her Chammak Challo avatar, which is all set to offer an emotional and an entertaining appeal to the audience. She plays a glamorous mom. Her costumes are young, contemporary, and bright. The youth will definitely like the look. Working with Shah Rukh is a different experience for Kareena. Shah Rukh always wanted to make a superhero film and he has lived his dream with Ra.One. He has succeeded in putting his dream on the celluloid for people to see.
Kareena always wanted to be an actress. She has juggled with all kinds of academic courses as her parents wanted her to study, since they believe that Kapoor khandaan does not have educated people. But Kareena was waiting to turn 18, so that she could join Bollywood.
Ra.One is a male dominated film and Kareena is the only girl, who has been put in place to bring in the fun part in the film. Sheila and Munni are item songs but Kareena's Chammak Challo is not an item number. But the song is very much part of the narration.
I've not finished with Kareena yet. Hence I'll continue with her tomorrow even. Till then, good bye!

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