It's late in the evening and I'm stuck at a studio in Byculla, waiting for
actress Isha Sharvani to finish shooting an advertisement for a phone
company. Dressed in white figure-hugging trousers and a pink top, she looks
charming. Only, to my dismay, she is tired and in a hurry to reach the first
trial of Darwaaza Bandh Rakho -- her second film after Kisna, which bombed.
I am half an hour late for my appointment, thanks to my inability to locate
the studio. Eventually, we agree to conduct an interview in Sharvani's car,
while she travels to her next destination. She apologises for talking while
having dinner - a papaya. "This is my life," she laughs. "I had breakfast in
the car, lunch on the set and dinner in the car. This happens almost every
day and I'm not even a star yet. I wonder how people like Shah Rukh Khan
manage."
In Darwaaza Bandh Rakho, the actress plays an arrogant, rich girl who is
happy to be kidnapped. "I was intrigued by the character, and the director
Chakravarthy (whom she calls Chakri) is fantastic to work with. His
standards of performance are pretty high."
Text: Priyanka Jain | Photographs: Joy Datta
Clothes: Surily Goel | Design: Reuben
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