Neha Dhupia steps into Urmila’s shoes
One person’s loss is another’s gain,” says Neha Dhupia, who has stepped into Urmila Matondkar’s role in Apurva Lakhia’s Shootout At Lokhandwala. Lakhia and producer Sanjay Gupta finalised her for the part of Sanjay Dutt’s wife recently. “The film is exciting for me on many levels. I’ve never done a real-life drama before,” says Neha.
The film starts shooting in August. “Sanjay Gupta has also signed me for another film which will be part of his Dus Kahaniyan. I’ll be starring in a film called Highway which Hansal Mehta will direct. The story is written by Vishal Bhardwaj.”
Neha sees this as one of the most exciting phases in her career. “There was a time after the release of Sheesha when I was doing some serious rethinking about my priorities in life,” she says. “I was quite cheesed off by that phase in my career. Chup Chup Ke seems to have triggered off a new phase in my life. I think Apurva and Sanjay saw me in Chup Chup Ke and selected me for Shootout At Lokhandwala.”
Neha has no fear about being lost in a multistarrer. “Not really. See, I saw another real-life drama, Steven Spielberg’s Munich. In that the hero’s pregnant wife had just five to six scenes. But look at the impact she left! I want to make a similar impact with my wife’s role in
Shootout At Lokhandwala.”
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