I haven't had an opportunity to perform an intimate scene: Athiya Shetty

After her 2015 debut in Hero, Athiya will be soon playing an innocent girl in her second film Mubarakan, touted to be an out-and-out comedy film. In retrospect, she is lucky to be doing something different for her second film. We ask her if she is comfortable doing intimate scenes. “I haven’t had an opportunity to perform an intimate scene. Not even a smooch scene,” she explains. “If I am to do intimate scenes, it has to correspond with the script. I am not opposed to it though. Actually, jab hoga tab dekha jayega.”

Athiya is an actress who follows the footsteps of her father Suniel Shetty. And she is so overwhelmed with the kind words that his name invites, that she is careful about not tarnishing it. “Whoever meets me always talks about my daddy. The kind of respect he has earned from the film industry, and even outside, it’s always in the back of my mind. I make sure that I don’t ruin his image.”

About her brother Ahan Shetty, who is all set to make his debut in films, Athiya discloses he’s the one who advises her. She says, “If you thought I am the one who advises him, then you are wrong. I turn to him for inputs on the smallest of things. In fact, I follow him blindly. We have been brought up in a joint family, and thus we share a very good bond in the family. Since Ahan is making his debut in films, I am anxious to see him doing well.”

Athiya is a travel freak and would love to visit all the places possible in India. The Taj Mahal in Agra is on her list next. “I would love to go and see this wonderful monument some day. Probably it will be very soon. I am planning to go to Jaipur and Goa as well,” she concludes.