Richa Chadda has been roped in by Pooja Bhatt to play the lead in Cabaret. Incidentally, Pooja had been looking out for the right actress for the part for nearly two years and had almost settled on a newcomer. However, she has now opted for Richa for the role of a seductress.
“It was a close call,” Pooja confirmed. “I was contemplating a newcomer for the part. But then I realised it was too much to expect a newcomer to deliver what the character required.”
Not only would the actress who essayed the part have to perform sizzling cabaret numbers, she would also need to be a top-notch dramatic performer.
Says Pooja, “It’s a very difficult role. Somehow Richa’s face kept coming to me. When I mentioned her for the role, some people told me she was too desi, too much of a Delhi girl. But I feel the sensuous side of Richa is ready to be tapped. Richa knows she’ll have to work very hard to get a cabaret dancer’s body-language right.”
To get that aspect of the role right, Pooja has asked her brother Rahul Bhatt, a fitness trainer, to put Richa through her paces. “Rahul will put Richa under a strict regime and make her slog to look the part.”
Gulshan Devaiah will star opposite Richa in the film. They have previously worked together in Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram-Leela, although they didn’t have many scenes together.
