'That Girl in Yello Boots' star Kalki Koechlin has shared that she was not comfortable in acting with veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah. "The world knows that Naseer is a fantastic actor. Since I was working with him for the first time, I was very nervous shooting with him. I never realised that I could be so distorted due to the presence of another actor in the same frame", said Kalki.
Recently married to director Anurag Kashyap, Kalki Koechlin is also the co-writer of the film.
Kalki had decided to turn actor with Anurag Kashyap's widely appreciated Dev D, where she had played the role of Leni, a wronged girl who turns to prostitution.
Without a conventional Bollywood heroine face, Kalki has proved her mettle so far. Her portrayal of a mentally disturbed girl in Shaitan earned her praises from all quarters. She spoke on her challenging role in TGIYB,"I started working on this one immediately after 'Dev D'. This is hardly conventional cinema. Instead of being a fairy tale journey of a young woman, it is about the nightmares that she goes through."
That Girl in Yellow Boots has a foreign girl Ruth in the center, who comes to Mumbai to find her missing father.
Revealing about the thought behind the characterization of Ruth, Kalki said," Anurag and I were travelling in London and discussing the look of this girl's character. We wanted her to look like this grungy woman who feels like a complete outsider when she steps into Mumbai."
Further she added, "Then we just happened to walk past a shoe shop and saw these huge yellow boots on display. They just didn`t look like the ones that an average woman would wear, especially in India, and we decided there and then that not just our character would wear these shoes but our film will also get a title out of that."
That Girl in Yellow Boots is expected to face stiff competition from Salman Khan's much publicized 'Bodyguard', but Kalki is not worried about it. She said, "Don`t compare the two films. 'That Girl in Yellow Boots' is more of a thinking film. It is like an alien story for audiences who have otherwise been largely exposed to mainstream cinema. But there are several moments in our film which many would be able to relate to."
Kalki is more concerned about her acting than the commercial success of the film. She expressed, "I don`t get affected with the box office. I am conscious about whether a film of mine is loved or hated or whether my role has been criticised in a positive or negative way. Eventually, the pleasure lies in the process of filmmaking. Once a film is released, my job is done." (With additional information from PTI)
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