Born and brought up in Delhi, Minissha Lamba did her major in English from the Delhi University with honours in ’04. While doing this, she took up part time modelling. It was for a Cadbury ad audition, when she was spotted by Soojit Sircar, who gave her the so called big break into the world of cinema. We spoke to the actress to find out more about her film Anamika.
The film which is based on the popular English classic Rebecca has Minissha play the role of the protagonist and being an English major we wonder how she found it playing the role of her best loved classic.
Your upcoming film Anamika… what is it all about?
The film Anamika is based on the classic Rebecca. And I play the protagonist. It’s basically an adaptation of the classic that is based in India and has the same story line of a girl who falls in love with a stranger and then finds out things about him.
What about the shooting?
What can I say it was simply fantastic, we shot the film in Ajmer, Rajasthan… and you know just how beautiful that place is… we actually thought of staying back there for some time after the shooting was done.
Do you see any similarities between you and your character in the film?
Yes I do, but any one else will also find similarities between themselves and the character. Besides, I would not like to talk further as I don’t believe in drawing parallels, each film is different and ever character in all the films will appeal to some one somewhere. So logically though I find similarities between myself and the character they aren’t that important.
What made you to sign for Anamika?
The film as I said is based on the classic and it so happens that being an English major this was always my favourite, so I had no second thoughts about signing on for the film.
What was it like playing the second woman?
As you known the story is about this girl who falls in love with a widower and moves in with him after marriage and then begins to learn things about his first wife. So playing the role was a bit tough and it filled me with a lot of angst. The reason behind this was that to play the role properly, I got into the character and actually began to feel what she may have felt… apart from this it was fun as this again I must say is one of my favourite.
What about the audience… will they take to the film?
The audience today are pretty smart and can make good decisions themselves. And this being an adaptation of a classic that has certain element in it, that will help draw the audience to watch the film. So actually I think why wouldn’t the audience want to watch such a film?
What else do you have in the pipeline for now?
Well after the film Anamika, I have one with Sanjay Dalvi, Kidnap and Bachna Ae Haseeno with Siddharth Anand. For now that is all I have in the pipeline, besides that I will speak about other projects only when they happen and after I have signed for them.
