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Dreams Unlimited
In India, to shoot for an American film, Ayesha Dharker gets candid with us.
In India, to shoot for an American film, Ayesha Dharker gets candid with us.
After all it's not often that one gets to work with the best in the industry, Hollywood included.
But Ayesha Dharker has done it all - from playing a suicide bomber in Terrorist, a seductress in the musical Bombay Dreams to starring in George Lucas's Star Wars.
Perfect homecoming
They don't ask uncomfortable questions and never pinch my cheeks...And I love visiting my grandmother's house in Vadodara.
Working with the best
I have enjoyed working with all these directors. I have never seen anyone use a camera the way Santosh Sivan does. He is able to tell large chunks of story through images alone, which is very freeing.
George Lucas is just as excited about things as any normal independent filmmaker! Ismail Merhant was flamboyant and irresistibly charming, he could have sold snow to Eskimos.
John Malkovich is very quirky and immaculately dressed. He is more interested in politics than anything else. Roland Joffe is passionate and detailed, so that is a very infectious quality.
From Mumbai to New York
Living between cities is a strange business. I miss a lot of things about Mumbai like the street food and my friends. I love working in London because I haven't been type cast as anything.
You can keep switching from film to theatre. New York is full of new ideas for independent films and reminds me of Mumbai with its eclectic architecture and energy. My least favourite thing is putting my suitcase on the weighing scales in an airport!
Fame in the family
I think every actor is assumed to be famous. I work in different countries so even though I have worked for nearly 20 years and done a lot of different jobs most people have only seen me in one or two things.
As for 'famous' parents...I don't think they fall into the 'famous' category.
Dreaming big
Though I loved every minute of working in Bombay Dreams, I feel like I have done all the variations that I can on the role.
It ran for six months in London and seven months on Broadway. The chances of staging it here are limited because it's a huge production, but nothing is impossible.
After all it's not often that one gets to work with the best in the industry, Hollywood included.
But Ayesha Dharker has done it all - from playing a suicide bomber in Terrorist, a seductress in the musical Bombay Dreams to starring in George Lucas's Star Wars.
Perfect homecoming
My aunts are not like the typical scary 'aunties'.
Working with the best
I have enjoyed working with all these directors. I have never seen anyone use a camera the way Santosh Sivan does. He is able to tell large chunks of story through images alone, which is very freeing.
George Lucas is just as excited about things as any normal independent filmmaker! Ismail Merhant was flamboyant and irresistibly charming, he could have sold snow to Eskimos.
John Malkovich is very quirky and immaculately dressed. He is more interested in politics than anything else. Roland Joffe is passionate and detailed, so that is a very infectious quality.
From Mumbai to New York
Living between cities is a strange business. I miss a lot of things about Mumbai like the street food and my friends. I love working in London because I haven't been type cast as anything.
You can keep switching from film to theatre. New York is full of new ideas for independent films and reminds me of Mumbai with its eclectic architecture and energy. My least favourite thing is putting my suitcase on the weighing scales in an airport!
Fame in the family
I think every actor is assumed to be famous. I work in different countries so even though I have worked for nearly 20 years and done a lot of different jobs most people have only seen me in one or two things.
As for 'famous' parents...I don't think they fall into the 'famous' category.
Dreaming big
Though I loved every minute of working in Bombay Dreams, I feel like I have done all the variations that I can on the role.
It ran for six months in London and seven months on Broadway. The chances of staging it here are limited because it's a huge production, but nothing is impossible.
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