In the World of Shazahn Padamsee : Bollywood News

To enter Bollywood with a description that goes - Alyque Padamsee and Sharon Prabhakars daughter, can come with a lot of expectations, especially when one comes to know, or knows, that both come from a theatre background. Now the questions. How do you reach the Bollywood A-list when youre in your early twenties? And Deepika Padukone and Sonam Kapoor are getting offered all the best roles? What if youre charismatic, freethinking, well-read, extremely intelligent and a good feet tall, and thus tower over the many female lead in every department? What if you consider yourself to be a serious stage actress and know that you can pull it off when it comes to movies? How do you make it possible? Well, you could do it the Shazahn Padamsee way. She has had one of the rarest and extraordinary creative growth, thanks to her parents. In a world where everyone tries to be a perfectionist, she claims to be having her hands and feet in every profession, she has stumbled upon, making it a learning experience. In an exclusive half an hour chat with the latest Bollywood entrant, I seemed to figure out Shazahn more than her google searches - that in films, people are cast primarily because they look like a character, whereas on stage, in an hour and a half, she has the opportunity and ability to convince the audience she is whatever she chooses to be. Thats acting. UKs Harrow Observer columnist and Bollywood Hungamas London correspondent gets up, close and personal with the freshest face in tinsel town. In part one of this exclusive interview where she is being launched as YRFs next big thing in Rocket Singh - Salesman of the Year, Shazahn Padamsee embarks on her journey as a teenager, her career confusions, her theatre background, her dream to work with Vishal Bhardwaj, her fashion, style and brand consciousness and her most important decision - that cinema is the future for her.

Teenage years

As a kid, I was a very shy person to what I am today. I wouldnt even step out of my room when the rehearsals were going on. But because I helped back stage, I was very interested in theatre. Because of my back stage helping hand, I observed everything to do with acting. I learnt a lot. I can recall so many incidents sitting behind my fathers chair and pretend like I was not there. Thats when he used to urge me to sit with the actors so that I learn the acting skills by observing. As a result, at one stage in my life, I also wanted to do something behind the stage more than face the audiences. As a teenager, I wanted to enter an advertising agency because my father said so. But it wasnt my cup of tea. Advertising is a complete no-no and I never wanted to do it in the first place. Then my mother suggested I enter event management. I did that for about a year and a half. I did an event management course but again it didnt interest me. It was nice but not exciting.