After giving pounding performances in ‘Satya’ and ‘Monsoon Wedding’ Shefali Shah is back with a terrific performance in Mahatma Versus Gandhi. She talks about the film and describe it as a role that any actor would die for.

The talented but underused actor has been swimming against the tide, preferring marriage and motherhood to the solid career that awaited her.

I never thought of a career as a burning desire at that time. Marriage and babies are what I wanted at that time. Now I am just getting back to work. And don’t you think ‘Waqt’ and ‘15 Park Avenue’ are an incredible way to re-start?

Now I’m awaiting my third film ‘Mahatma Versus Gandhi’ where I have a role that any actor would die for. I am lucky to be offered such roles after my comeback. The industry is showing me respect as an actor. After ‘Waqt’, I was terrified I’d be offered all the mummy roles. But I didn’t. It made me feel very special. It was Amitji (Bachchan) who suggested I do his wife’s role in ‘Waqt’. There were others who thought I would look too young. We did a lot of deliberation before I was in. (more…)