Richa Chadda will feature in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming film Ram Leela
Mumbai:
Actress Richa Chadda, who would beseen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's much-talked about film RamLeela, says the director advised her to be careful with herchoice of films.
Directed by Bhansali, Ram Leela is a romance-dramafeaturing Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone in the lead. Thefilm is said to be an adaptation of Shakespeare's epic play'Romeo Juliet'.
"He is a legendary director... He has worked with bigactors Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, others.He is great at his job. He advised me to be careful with mychoices as I am in a good place," Richa said.
"He is a tough task master. But he was gentle towardshis actors. He is short-tempered with his assistants andothers. Whenever Deepika and I used to act... do our scenes,he expected magic from us," she said.
Richa's first meeting did not go that well withBhansali as he was disappointed with the actress.
"I was promoting Gangs of Wasseypur and he wanted tomeet me. I was dressed in a western outfit, while he waslooking for an Indianised girl. He seemed disappointedinitially," Richa said, adding that she was initiallysceptical about doing the much-awaited film.
"Later, he expressed his desire that he wanted only mefor this role. So, in a way I was confused if I should do thefilm or not," the Gangs of Wasseypur actress said.
Richa refrained from divulging details about the film,but insisted she is playing a significant role. She onlyrevealed that most of her scenes are with Deepika.
"She is a very talented, incredibly hard working andcommitted actress. I admire her work," she added.
Ram Leela, which also features Abhimanyu ShekharSingh, Shweta Salve and Barkha Bisht Sengupta, is scheduled torelease on November 29.
For Richa, it has been a busy year as she has beenshooting for Ram Leela and Pooja Bhatt's Bad.
Her other releases in the pipeline are Tamanchey,Mira Nair's short film and a romantic project opposite NeilNitin Mukesh.
Directed by Bhansali, Ram Leela is a romance-dramafeaturing Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone in the lead. Thefilm is said to be an adaptation of Shakespeare's epic play'Romeo Juliet'.
"He is a legendary director... He has worked with bigactors Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, others.He is great at his job. He advised me to be careful with mychoices as I am in a good place," Richa said.
"He is a tough task master. But he was gentle towardshis actors. He is short-tempered with his assistants andothers. Whenever Deepika and I used to act... do our scenes,he expected magic from us," she said.
Richa's first meeting did not go that well withBhansali as he was disappointed with the actress.
"I was promoting Gangs of Wasseypur and he wanted tomeet me. I was dressed in a western outfit, while he waslooking for an Indianised girl. He seemed disappointedinitially," Richa said, adding that she was initiallysceptical about doing the much-awaited film.
"Later, he expressed his desire that he wanted only mefor this role. So, in a way I was confused if I should do thefilm or not," the Gangs of Wasseypur actress said.
Richa refrained from divulging details about the film,but insisted she is playing a significant role. She onlyrevealed that most of her scenes are with Deepika.
"She is a very talented, incredibly hard working andcommitted actress. I admire her work," she added.
Ram Leela, which also features Abhimanyu ShekharSingh, Shweta Salve and Barkha Bisht Sengupta, is scheduled torelease on November 29.
For Richa, it has been a busy year as she has beenshooting for Ram Leela and Pooja Bhatt's Bad.
Her other releases in the pipeline are Tamanchey,Mira Nair's short film and a romantic project opposite NeilNitin Mukesh.
