This story is from May 29, 2007

'Amitji is sexy'

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SwiniKhara lives with her 'Sexy' tag thanks to her role as Amitabh Bachchan's cutegirlfriend in CheeniKum.

SwiniKhara lives with her 'Sexy' tag thanks to her role as Amitabh Bachchan's cutegirlfriend in CheeniKum.
In less than a week,she's gone from being child star on television to saucy young actress ofBollywood... all because of her delightful but heartfelt role of 'Sexy' oppositeAmitabh Bachchan in Cheeni Kum. BT talks to Swini Khara about being sexy,school, and the BigB.
Doyou like your screen name Sexy fromCheeniKum?
Don'tcall me Sexy.Call me Swini. Some of my friends have started calling me Sexy.But that's just a screen name. If they call me Sexy, I have to reply to them.What else can I do now?

Were youafraid when you heard that you would have to act with AmitabhBachchan?
Initially, I was a littleafraid. But he is a very friendly person. On the very first day, he came up tome and asked: "What's your name?"
Do you likeAmitji with the pony tail?
Kind of...But I prefer him without the ponytail.
IsAmitji sexy?
He is sexy. Little bit.But sexier is Sushmitadidi.
How doyou know that?
Arre, I acted with herinChingari

.I started off by calling her Sushmita aunty. She got angry with me and said:"Swini, don't call me aunty. Call me Sushmita didi".
And whatabout your co-star Zohra Sehgal inCheeniKum?
Sheis not a didi. She is Zohra aunty for me. But she is verygood.
AmitabhBachchan plays a chef in Cheeni Kum. If you had to prepare food for each of yourco-stars, what would you serve?
I'dprepare pizza for Amitji. For Tabu didi, it will be zafrani pulao without sugar.For Zohra aunty, I'll only give her roti sabji (laughs). That's what Zohra auntyused to give Amitji in thefilm.
In thefilm, your character talks about boys and boyfriends. Do you haveany?
Boys are okay-okay types. Wait,let me rephrase it. Boys are cool. But I am not old enough to haveboyfriends.
Doyou like watching adult DVDs?
No. Mycharacter wanted to watch adult DVDs. That was her dialogue in the film. I knowthe difference between real andreel.
Shouldyou be paired with an actor, who would thatbe?
Abhishek Bachchan. But I haven'ttold Amitji about mywish.
What'syour next project?
I've done a filmcalled Harry Puttar. The title sounds like Harry Potter but it isn't the samefilm. I play a girl who is suffering from asthma. The plot is similar to that ofHome Alone. It was such good fun to shoot with Jackie Shroff and Sarika didi inLondon.
Areyou a star in school?
Everyone likesme there. My teachers, supervisors and principal have all come up to me whenthey heard I was acting with Amitji. I'm in Class IV now and they want me tobalance my acting and my studies. I'm so pleased that they are proud of mywork.

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