Ira Dubey makes her B'wood debut

Ira Dubey is all set to make her Bollywood debut with Anil Kapoor’s Aisha. However, the world of showbiz isn’t new to Ira, who’s the younger daughter of actress Lillete Dubey.
Ira has been performing on stage since the age of six and has studied theatre and been a film critic on the film-based show Chicks on Flicks. She says, “Films haven’t been on my agenda till now. I had acted in The President is Coming, but that was like a dress rehearsal.Aisha is a different, but fantastic new ball game and I am looking forward to pursuing a career in Hindi cinema with total focus now!”
Ira feels today, actors of every kind are getting a chance to make a mark in Bollywood. Armed with “hopefully, even half of my mother’s talent”, the actress senses that even though the mirch masala will never go out, realism and freshness are the order of the day.
Ira plays Pinky Bose — Aisha’s best friend — in the movie that releases this Friday. The actress insists she’s tried to make this over-the-top, comical, character a bit different. “Pinky’s got a Punjabi gregariousness and zest for life, plus an outrageously flamboyant dress sense. I decided to give her spectacles, a dry, sarcastic sense of humour and a Bengali-esque sharp intellect, so she’s got a bit of both sides,” she says.
Ira is eager to begin her Bollywood innings. “I’m making sure I don’t get typecast and stuck in a mould! I’m extremely excited and eager to try everything. For now, I want to move away from roles that are just glamourous. I want to work with directors like Vishal Bhardwaj, Sudhir Mishra, Imtiaz Ali, Ayan Mukerji and Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Karan Johar. And I want people to see that I can play a village belle, a glamourous character, the romantic heroine or a quirky fashionista with equal ease,” she says.
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