Sonakshi Sinha is on a roll. With two Rs 100-crore films to her name and at least two more expected to be added before the end of the year, the Bihari belle is pretty much in control of her Bollywood journey.
Though she would be the first to admit that she hasn’t been pushed to the hilt as an actress in films like Dabangg and Rowdy Rathore, Sonakshi also knows that performance based roles will come her way in the future.
“Meanwhile I am enjoying every bit of work that I have done so far,” says the actor, adding, “All said and done, I am getting to play a variety of characters. Who gets to play someone from different parts of the country in her first few films? You see girls out there who are forever playing Western stereotypes. I have been fortunate to have played a UP girl in Dabangg, a Bihari in Rowdy Rathore and now an NRI in Joker. Moreover in Oh My God I also have a song like Govinda which is set in Maharashtra. Then in Lootera I am playing a Bengali.”
The next logical step for her would be to play a South Indian but since Deepika Padukone and Asin are authentic competition for such roles, Sonakshi may go a little slow on that front. Currently, however, she is totally focused on Joker.
She also doesn’t mind people comparing the film with Tees Maar Khan as far as the whacky quotient is concerned. “I think it is an automatic reaction for people to start drawing parallels,” says Sonakshi who is pairing with Akshay Kumar for the second time after Rowdy Rathore. “However this is being said only by those who have not been involved in the two films. They don’t realise that it wasn’t Shirish (Kunder) who had directed Tees Maar Khan but Farah (Khan). This also means that both films would have different narratives and textures.”
She has, in fact, gone through this before as Rowdy Rathore had been compared with Dabangg till the former’s release had put all speculations to rest. Sonakshi says that the best way to battle such speculations is by just allowing them to die a natural death instead of going into extended clarifications.
She is also excited about the fantastic response that the promo of her Diwali release Son of Sardaar has received. And once again she plays a girl from a different part of India, a Punjabi kudi, no less.
“It’s the positive energy which speaks the loudest in Son of Sardaar,” she says excitedly. “Making the film was hard work but also a very enjoyable experience. There was a certain feel-good factor while filming it. Now with the audience too experiencing the same, compliments have been coming in incessantly.”