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HIRAL DHOLAKIA-DAVE / TNN / Feb 22, 2006, 20:36 IST

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Ayesha Dharker, Actor, on coming to India for shooting an American film.

Ayesha Dharker, Actor, on coming to India for shooting an American film.
You are back in India for shooting...
Oh, I love coming back home, even if it is for shooting. My aunts are not like the typical scary 'aunties'. They don't ask uncomfortable questions and never pinch my cheeks.And I love visiting my grandmother's house in Vadodara.
From Mumbai to London to New York, how has the journey been?

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 typecast 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.
And what about working with the best directors in the world?
I have enjoyed working with all of them. 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 Merchant 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.
You think that your most famous theatre production �� Bombay Dreams �� can be brought to India?
The chances of staging Bombay Dreams here are limited because it's a huge production, but nothing is impossible.

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