Introducing: Amrita Puri : Bollywood News

My character in Aisha

I play Shefali Thakur - who is a typical behenji from Bahadurgarh. She is your quintessential small town girl who has dreams in her eyes and is very innocent. She is seen wearing only salwar-kameez and has her hair tied in a typical choti. She only speaks in a Punjabi accent and has probably never been out of Bahadurgarh. Her sole aim in life is to get married to a nice rich Punjabi boy as she feels that her biological clock is ticking even though she is only 24. Her chacha works for Aishas dad in the film and thats how she ends up meeting Aisha who kind of takes her under her own wings and transforms her. Shefalis character graph in the film is fabulous right from her small town days till her meeting with Aisha till the time she undergoes a complete makeover. Its like a coming of age journey for this character. What makes it funny is the conflict which arises between the world I come from and the world in which Aisha lives.

First day of shoot

I was completely blank on the first day of shoot and didnt have a clue on how things work on a film set. The first day was a really early morning shoot. I remember getting my hair and make up done at 5 am which was something I had never ever imagined in my wildest dreams. I hadnt eaten a thing and thought I would get a break in between. I didnt know I wouldnt really get a chance to eat once my shot started. As luck would have it, my first shot was that of me eating at a restaurant. While I was initially happy that at least I would get to eat something, I was in for a shock when I was told that I was supposed to eat Chinese Chopsuey. Its probably the first time in my life that I was eating oily, saucy, Chinese Chopsuey early in the morning. By the 6th take I almost thought Id puke. Thankfully that didnt happen and the shot was finally okayed.