Chitrangda: I don’t know John well enough...

Known as the thinking man’s sex symbol, Chitrangda has taken her first bold step into commercial masala cinema with “Desi Boyz”.
In this candid chat, she talks about breaking the ‘virginal heroine’ stereotype and her chemistry with Akshay and John. Read on…
Married and settled — that’s rare for a debutant in commercial cinema…
I’ve always taken Malaika Arora Khan’s example.She’s married and she has a kid and she’s still the the item girl we have. I think Bollywood is getting over the stereotypical image of a ‘virginal heroine’, so it’s easy to be seen as an actress.
And you start with an adult comedy like “Desi Boyz”...
I have done similar kinds of films all these years, and I thought it was time to jump out of the box. And I think I have really... literally jumped. I think it’s healthy to dabble in different kinds of cinema.
So, tell us something about the notorious pranksters, Akshay and John...
I think they were pretty good to me. Yeah, they’re pranksters and I think they do it mostly to entertain themselves. They’re both funny… they get the girls to laugh enough to… get them!
You apparently played Agony Aunt to John after his break-up...
I don’t know John well enough even to be called his friend. I can’t talk to him about his personal life. We did one day’s job on “Desi Boyz” and I’m now doing a film with him. But these rumors aren’t true.
From Irrfan Khan to Akshay, quite a change of co-stars...
It’s all in the performance. Irrfan is underplayed, Akshay is massy and slightly over-the-top. His performance is commercially viable.
And an item number follows…
I’ve loved dancing ever since I was a kid. The item song didn’t need any convincing. One phone call from Farah Khan at 8 am, and I was in the studio, rehearsing my steps at 9 pm the same day.