And now in Gulaal, Anurag has made you do mujras?
(Laughs) Yes, that’s my job in Gulaal. It’s an important special appearance. My character is a girl who comes to Mumbai to be a film actor and when she’s unable to break in, she opens a beauty parlour and becomes a mistress to a royal heir played by Kay Kay Menon.

Since your co-star Kalki Koechlin and Anurag are romantically involved, were you apprehensive that she would get more footage than you?
Not at all. Anurag and Kalki’s relationship began after the shooting got over. On the sets, they were very professional. I knew my role beforehand and Anurag has been absolutely fair to me. And even if their relationship had started during the shoot, Anurag is not the kind to play with his script.

What are the other films you’ve signed after Dev.D?
I’m acting in two UTV productions-Aage Se Right with Shreyas Talpade and Pan Singh Tomar opposite Irrfan Khan, which is being directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. Pan Singh Tomar is a biopic about a soldier who also won an Asian Games gold medal in a track-and-field event and who faced social injustice from his village and eventually took to guns.

Is it true your Dev. D costar, Abhay Deol, didn’t interact much with you during the shoot?
Not at all. It’s a misconception that Abhay keeps to himself. He talks a lot. He even helps his co-stars a lot. In fact, a lot of my performance depended on our comfort. Abhay really helped me and even taught me how to smoke for a scene. I’ve got good feedback about our chemistry and Abhay has told me that we should do another film together.

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