Mumbai: Sonakshi Sinha, known as the Rs 100-crore heroine of Bollywood, will be seen in a new avatar in her next film, Holiday, opposite Akshay Kumar, a remake of Thuppaki starring Vijay. We speak to Sonakshi on her tryst with Superstar Rajinikanth and the experience of working with director AR Murugadoss.
Superstar special
“Working with Rajinikanth was a pleasure. I remember when I told him that ‘Sir, working with you feels great but I am nervous’. He replied, ‘Why should you feel nervous? I have worked with your father and now I am working with his daughter; I need to feel nervous!’ He is a down-to-earth actor and very humble. I enjoyed working with him,” she says, adding, “I am quick to learn languages and will dub my own dialogues in my South debut.”
When asked about any other actors she would like to work with, Sonakshi quickly rattled off the names of Mahesh Babu, Ravi Teja and also Suriya, which showed that she was familiar with all the leading young actors down south.
‘A.R. Murugadoss is a hard taskmaster’
“Working with director A.R. Murugadoss went in my favour because he is a perfect taskmaster. We have to follow him and until he is satisfied, he will not call it off. We had to do at least four to five takes for each scene,” she says.
New look
“My character in Holiday has a sporty look. Akshay falls for me while watching me boxing in the ring. I loved boxing for the first time. I used to play volleyball, tennis, basketball and football while in school and college,” says Sonakshi, adding, “We kept the look very authentic I personally like my braided hair and the sporty dress I wore.”
