"Heroine Look" is a big challenge for Alia Bhatt in Kalank, as she says "I miss grace"

Actress Alia Bhatt thinks she lacks the grace of heroines of yesteryear, but says Kalank gave her the chance to play a "Hindi movie heroine" for which she was dying to try it.

Extracts from the interview:

Q. Why Does Kalank look so much like a Sanjay Leela Bhansali movie?
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A. You say that because it is a world, only him (Bhansali) has entered until now. But believe me, it's very different from what Bhansali does.
Q. Tell me about your own character and what we should expect to see?

. Everyone reacts to my appearance. I never really went in that direction … the Hindi heroin look that I have been dying to do since I became an actor. It is the kind of heroine that I grew up looking at and savoring. That's why I wanted to play in Hindi movies. And for me, this "heroine's look" is a big challenge because I've always considered myself a bit of a tomboy.

Q. I do not think you're a tomboy at all. You are very feminine and graceful.

A. I am very feminine, I agree. But my body lacks the grace of a typical heroine. I miss the 'adaa & # 39; (thanks) of heroines of yesteryear.

Q. That's because you were not born at the time.

I know, maybe it's a generation thing. And I still want what I do not have (laughs). So it was very difficult for me to badume all the personality traits of my character, Roop. For a week before I started shooting, I was wondering and trying to find out how Roop would work. How would his body move? How would she even react in anger? You know, I tend to use a lot of expressions while emoting. I had to reduce it drastically. I had to control my expressions because Roop is not a woman prone to be demonstrative.

Q. It's not like the frank talk girl you played in Gully Boy? Not at all. Roop is constantly fighting. She's fighting a thought, she's fighting. It required a certain vulnerability and maturity. It was not easy. But that's the fun part.

Q. What about the kathak dance?

A. I have to give credit to my dance coach Tejaswini. She played a decisive role in the modulation of my body's line for dance. Also, Birju Maharajji who taught me facial expressions. My face is very different to Kalank.

Q. Have you kept some of Roop's grace for yourself?

A. I think I have. I have become less in a hurry now. I wanted Roop not to walk on the screen. I wanted her to slip like a sparrow. There is so much that can be said about a person's personality just by the way she works.

Q. I see you winning all of this year's popular awards for Kalank and Sanjay Bhansali's Inshallah next year.

A. (laughs) Slow down, slow down, please.