She hasn't been seen on the big screen since the 2009 release Tum Mile, but that doesn't mean Soha Ali Khan has taken a cinematic hiatus.
Her last release was supposed to be Tera Kya Hoga Johnny, which has been delayed for more than a year. However, she's been keeping herself busy shooting for films in "a whole gamut of genres" that she hopes will all release this year. Her next film, Life Goes On..., is very much a family affair and not just because it's a family drama. "This is the first time I've worked with my mother ( Sharmila Tagore) and perhaps the only time I'll work with her because she keeps threatening to retire. But I don't take her seriously in that regard," Soha tells TOI.
The film, which is set in London and is about how an Indian family comes to terms with the loss of the mother (played by Sharmila), will see Soha play a character very much like herself. "It's just me with a British accent. Of course, the fact that my mother plays my mother makes it all the more real. My character, who's the youngest of three siblings, is also someone who has been very protected and molly-coddled by her father and who's always keen to make her parents proud. She's very much like me — I have a big desire to make my father proud and it's crippling to me to disappoint him," explains Soha.
Right now, Soha's working on Soundtrack, which is the remake of the 2004 film It's All Gone Pete Tong about a DJ who goes deaf. "I play the girl in his life who's born deaf. It was quite challenging for me to learn how to play a role like that. I had to learn sign language and work on the speech a little bit because there will be a speech impediment," she says. There's also Chemistry, her first comedy, and Accident, her first horror film. When told that it seems to be a year of firsts for her, Soha says, "That's what excites me about cinema — getting a chance to try out new things. Every project is a first."
Unlike her contemporaries, Soha doesn't seem to have joined the rat race to be Bollywood's numero uno heroine. She also hasn't shied away from talking about her relationship with Kunal Khemu on the pretext that it would detract from her career. "I haven't experienced that yet. Obviously, there is an interest in your life. People like to know about it and read about it. They can also get ahead of themselves and ask when you're getting married; if you're married they want to know when you're getting divorced. But once it's out there, there's no scoop. So there's nothing interesting to talk about other than whether you're in a fight or secretly married. But people have the right to ask and you have the right to say 'no comment'," she says as a matter of fact.
While she is candid about her personal life, the one thing Soha won't discuss is her role in Winds of Change, the film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize-winning Midnight's Children. "I'll get into huge trouble if I do," she laughs, adding, "All I can say is that I'm in it and very excited. I think I'll be allowed to talk about it soon."
The film, which is set in London and is about how an Indian family comes to terms with the loss of the mother (played by Sharmila), will see Soha play a character very much like herself. "It's just me with a British accent. Of course, the fact that my mother plays my mother makes it all the more real. My character, who's the youngest of three siblings, is also someone who has been very protected and molly-coddled by her father and who's always keen to make her parents proud. She's very much like me — I have a big desire to make my father proud and it's crippling to me to disappoint him," explains Soha.
Right now, Soha's working on Soundtrack, which is the remake of the 2004 film It's All Gone Pete Tong about a DJ who goes deaf. "I play the girl in his life who's born deaf. It was quite challenging for me to learn how to play a role like that. I had to learn sign language and work on the speech a little bit because there will be a speech impediment," she says. There's also Chemistry, her first comedy, and Accident, her first horror film. When told that it seems to be a year of firsts for her, Soha says, "That's what excites me about cinema — getting a chance to try out new things. Every project is a first."
Unlike her contemporaries, Soha doesn't seem to have joined the rat race to be Bollywood's numero uno heroine. She also hasn't shied away from talking about her relationship with Kunal Khemu on the pretext that it would detract from her career. "I haven't experienced that yet. Obviously, there is an interest in your life. People like to know about it and read about it. They can also get ahead of themselves and ask when you're getting married; if you're married they want to know when you're getting divorced. But once it's out there, there's no scoop. So there's nothing interesting to talk about other than whether you're in a fight or secretly married. But people have the right to ask and you have the right to say 'no comment'," she says as a matter of fact.
While she is candid about her personal life, the one thing Soha won't discuss is her role in Winds of Change, the film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize-winning Midnight's Children. "I'll get into huge trouble if I do," she laughs, adding, "All I can say is that I'm in it and very excited. I think I'll be allowed to talk about it soon."
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