“I am being prudent in my choice of roles”
Model turned actress, Sagarika Ghatge has literally chucked away dozens of flimsy filmy offers post the release of her hockey-centric debut movie ‘Chak De India ’ starring the King Khan who incidentally was cast as the adamant tough coach-mentor. Two years later, the tall, winsome actress is elated with the release of her second multi-starrer Hindi film ‘Fox’.
Unlike most other newcomers in Bollywood who are desperate to sign movies left, right and centre, Sagarika Ghatge who essayed the spunky hockey player, Preeti Sabharwal in Yash Chopra's 'Chak De India' ('CDI'), refuses to jump on the ‘quantity bandwagon’ .
“Fortunately, I am not the insecure and stressed out type who is desperate to grab a role. I have been prudent and extremely selective in my choice of roles, despite the fact that I was flooded with offers after the success of Chak De India,” Sagarika reveals. Sagarika points out that her priority is to look for versatile lead characters which leave an impact.
Considering that she is averse to being typecast, how would she define her role in her latest film ‘Fox’? “It is definitely not the run-of-the-mill kind of a role to start with. It also has an intellectual side to it. There is also a romantic undercurrent opposite Arjun Rampal to the character of the young attractive internship-lawyer that I have played in the film. Also, it was a one-of-a-kind experience working with thriller-specialist Deepak Tijori who directed us,” smiles Sagarika who is a ‘sporty’ person off-screen and loves swimming and skating.
Ask her about the reported cat-fights she had with co-star Udita Goswami during the shoot of the film and Sagarika laughs amusedly. “Hey, that’s a figment of someone’s wild imagination. The truth is that Udita and I got along excellently because both of us are very chilled out off-screen. We are still in touch because we even ‘work-out’ together at the same gym,” says Sagarika, who also dismisses misleading media reports that she had shot an item-song for the film. “Gosh, this is ridiculous. It was just a rocking dance sequence which Udita and I briefly shot as part of the slick publicity promos of ‘Fox’,” she shrugs.
Currently, Sagarika has a promising line-up of three films on hand including the romantic lead opposite Imran Khan in ‘Raftaar’ and acclaimed film-maker J P Dutta’s (of ‘Border’, ‘Refugee’ and Umrao Jaan fame) untitled movie, in which she has been paired opposite Ayaan Khan (son of sarod-maestro Amjad Ali Khan). Off-screen too, the typical Capricornian girl Sagarika feels, admits to being a woman of substance who believes in taking her own decisions. “That’s how I have always been,” she says adding that if and when she has a off-screen boyfriend, he too will have to respect her career and not try to impose himself unneccesarily. Cheers to that !
Model turned actress, Sagarika Ghatge has literally chucked away dozens of flimsy filmy offers post the release of her hockey-centric debut movie ‘Chak De India ’ starring the King Khan who incidentally was cast as the adamant tough coach-mentor. Two years later, the tall, winsome actress is...
Model turned actress, Sagarika Ghatge has literally chucked away dozens of flimsy filmy offers post the release of her hockey-centric debut movie ‘Chak De India ’ starring the King Khan who incidentally was cast as the adamant tough coach-mentor. Two years later, the tall, winsome actress is elated with the release of her second multi-starrer Hindi film ‘Fox’.
Unlike most other newcomers in Bollywood who are desperate to sign movies left, right and centre, Sagarika Ghatge who essayed the spunky hockey player, Preeti Sabharwal in Yash Chopra's 'Chak De India' ('CDI'), refuses to jump on the ‘quantity bandwagon’ .
“Fortunately, I am not the insecure and stressed out type who is desperate to grab a role. I have been prudent and extremely selective in my choice of roles, despite the fact that I was flooded with offers after the success of Chak De India,” Sagarika reveals. Sagarika points out that her priority is to look for versatile lead characters which leave an impact.
Considering that she is averse to being typecast, how would she define her role in her latest film ‘Fox’? “It is definitely not the run-of-the-mill kind of a role to start with. It also has an intellectual side to it. There is also a romantic undercurrent opposite Arjun Rampal to the character of the young attractive internship-lawyer that I have played in the film. Also, it was a one-of-a-kind experience working with thriller-specialist Deepak Tijori who directed us,” smiles Sagarika who is a ‘sporty’ person off-screen and loves swimming and skating.
Ask her about the reported cat-fights she had with co-star Udita Goswami during the shoot of the film and Sagarika laughs amusedly. “Hey, that’s a figment of someone’s wild imagination. The truth is that Udita and I got along excellently because both of us are very chilled out off-screen. We are still in touch because we even ‘work-out’ together at the same gym,” says Sagarika, who also dismisses misleading media reports that she had shot an item-song for the film. “Gosh, this is ridiculous. It was just a rocking dance sequence which Udita and I briefly shot as part of the slick publicity promos of ‘Fox’,” she shrugs.
Currently, Sagarika has a promising line-up of three films on hand including the romantic lead opposite Imran Khan in ‘Raftaar’ and acclaimed film-maker J P Dutta’s (of ‘Border’, ‘Refugee’ and Umrao Jaan fame) untitled movie, in which she has been paired opposite Ayaan Khan (son of sarod-maestro Amjad Ali Khan). Off-screen too, the typical Capricornian girl Sagarika feels, admits to being a woman of substance who believes in taking her own decisions. “That’s how I have always been,” she says adding that if and when she has a off-screen boyfriend, he too will have to respect her career and not try to impose himself unneccesarily. Cheers to that !
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