Bowled over by the green cover

Her face lights up as she chats about her team’s victory. “I’m  happy about my team KKR winning the match in Bengaluru against RCB. We’re on top right now,” says Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla, adding, “I travel to Bengaluru and Kolkata often for the matches, although the team is in good hands under COO Venky Mysore.

I love Bengaluru as I started my career with Premaloka, which I shot at the same time I was shooting QSQT. After Premaloka became a huge hit, I worked with the same actor-director Ravichandran in his film Kindar Jogi. Then we did another film Shanti Kranti. Now. I’ve made a comeback and just shot in Bengaluru for a Kannada film song,” she says.

Talking of her long drawn association with the Kannada film industry, Juhi reveals, “I’m playing myself in the film Pushpak Vimana. I play Juhi Chawla who is performing an item number, a very well shot song and dance sequence in the film, which showcases at a very crucial time in the story. There’s a twist in the plot during this song. The song is part of an annual day in a jail. It’s also the 100th film of Ramesh Arvind and the last time worked together was in Shanti Kranti where he was cast opposite Khushboo and I was cast opposite Ravichandran.”

Spilling beans on her recent shoot that brought her to Bengaluru,  Juhi says, “The song was shot at a studio here. It’s a lovely track with a catchy tune. When I heard it for the first time I knew this is going to be superhit. They didn’t tell me I was dancing initially and when I got there they showed me a few steps to dance on. Since I was doing this after so long, it didn’t come easy, but soon I got into the groove and had a great time.”

Juhi admits she loves coming to Bengaluru to meet her relatives and friends here. “I love the city’s green cover. I have friends and distant relatives here,” she says.