Nisha to mak Bollywood debut!

doweshowbellyad=0; Nisha Rawal (TOI Photo)SHE���S a known face in the modelling world.
But acting is a different ball game altogether, says model Nisha Rawal. All set to make her Bollywood debut this month, Nisha means business. ���The title���s spelt Hastey Hastey and not Haste Haste,��� she says. Nisha plays a bubbly Columbia University student in the film.Does that mean she speaks with an American accent in it? ���The film caters to the Indian market. So my character doesn���t really have an American accent. But the look has been worked on. So the character will look convincing,��� she says.
She���s seen the trials of the film and is happy. ���Of course, I could���ve done better. But that���s a feeling every actor has after watching himself on screen,��� states Nisha.
In retrospect, does she regret not choosing a big banner to launch her? ���Behind every actor there���s a human being who has his or her own choices. I���ll do big banner films too. But I���m more particular about how the film portrays me. I won���t do a film like Neil ���n��� Nikki ��� wear those kind of clothes and speak that language, even if it���s a big banner film,��� she says.
Her launch will be followed by Raffoo Chakkar, Jack and Jhol and Pakro Pakro ��� all of which are rib-ticklers. Isn���t she scared of getting typecast? ���No, because it���s purely coincidental that all my releases will be comedies. But comedy, I���m told, is difficult. And for me, the greatest satisfaction is when the spot boys and other crew members start laughing after I give a shot. People enjoy comedies. And ultimately, it���s about entertaining everyone.���
But a hard-hitting film like Kalyug could have been her launch vehicle. She was offered Smiley Suri���s (who played Kunal Khemu���s wife) role in Kalyug, then titled Blue Film. But the title discouraged her. ���I don���t have any grudges against the Bhatts. I mainly declined it because of the title. I���m sure the Bhatts would have launched me in a grand way. But the film also required me to kiss, which I wasn���t comfortable with, and am still not, unless it���s a film like Black,��� she reveals.
She also has issues with unnecessary skin show. But given her modelling background, isn���t she expected to wear all kinds of outfits? ���What people don���t understand is that there are genres even in modelling. I had a very girl-next-door image even in my modelling days and that���s the kind of image I want to keep. I���ve never really done a bikini shot. I���m not looking at a sex bomb image. And now that models are doing well in Bollywood, filmmakers have more faith in them,��� asserts Nisha.
Has her non-filmi background been a drawback? Says Nisha, ���I was scared to enter Bollywood because of all that I heard about the casting couch, etc. And I���m very sure the casting couch exists. But I haven���t encountered it. Nor have I gone begging producers to sign me. I���m happy with the teams I have worked with so far and am looking forward to working with more such people.���
So does she stand a chance to win the Best Debutante Award for this year? ���I have to give a fair chance in my mind to all the other debutantes. I���d watch all the films of the debutantes this year. I don���t know about awards, but I���m confident that people will like me a lot,��� says Nisha.
PIALI DASGUPTA
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