This story is from March 24, 2009

I am wary of relationships:Celina

JEMIMA MARGARET ELIOT Times News Network / TNN / Mar 24, 2009, 00:35 IST

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Says Bollywood star Celina Jaitely who was shooting for a Kannada-Telugu bilingual film in the city.

Darling, I was busy,�� the gorgeous Celina Jaitley croons over the phone. Finally, she took our call as she awaited her flight back home, having spent more than 10 days in Hyderabad.
��It was like studying for the board exams,�� she sighs and explains ��It��s for Sreemathi, dear! I��d been mugging up two pages of Kannada dialogues everyday!��
By the way, Celina��s who��s done an international film, Love Has No Language, is a whiz with languages.Hold your breath! She knows more than five languages and that includes German (she��s a pro she says) and a smattering of Spanish.
Ah! So, she does seem to have a fascination for all things firang �� from Hollywood ventures, to being a tourist ambassador for Egypt, to boyfriends. When we ask her, she laughs, ��I had only one boyfriend and it was a bad experience. I am wary now of relationships. I don��t believe in casual dating and I am looking for a relationship that lasts a lifetime. For the past three years, I haven��t felt the need for a partner. I��m busy with work and life is good!��

Yes it is! Her platter��s full and she��s got interesting roles to play. She reels out a list �� In Sreemathi, a remake of Aitraaz, I play a gold-digger. This is the first time I��m doing a negative role. In my upcoming films I play varied roles, from the typical Sandra from Bandra, to a bar dancer in Tigmanshu Dholia��s Showman, who loves to speak English just to show that she��s educated. Then in Suneel Darshan��s film, I play a psychopath who keeps a man half-alive for 25 days �� this is a real life incident that was made into the film Accident at Hill Road�� she says. Celina tells us that she also doing a Bengali film, besides Subhash Ghai��s Hello Darling and Paying Guest. Then there��s Chai Garam with Govinda and Run Bhola Run which stars Tusshar Kapoor.

And, what about her pending Hollywood project Queen of Scheherzade. ��The film had got delayed due to a writer��s strike and then it is recession now. But the film is on the floors and I had to undergo special training for the film. Riding a horse without a saddle is a challenge and I also learnt sword fighting - I had to do it with a short Afghan knife called the khara.��
Slowly, we veer her back to Hyderabad. So, how was her stay here? ��I��m not joking. Hyderabad is fantabulous. It should be the capital of India! I loved gorging on haleem everyday. It��s the best in the world.��
Haleem, that too during Lent, the 40-days of fasting, that she is known to keep? ��This is the fist time I��ve skipped, that too on doctor��s advice. I��ve had bouts of low BP and I was afraid I��d conk out on the sets,��
So, what��s up for Easter? ��I��ll be in Kolkata with my huge family. It��s a family tradition and I��ll be supervising the egg-painting sessions of my little cousins!?�� And, yes it��s also a time to paint the town red with her latest splurge - her Mercedes S.

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