Model turned actress, Kangna Ranaut who is playing Monica Bedi in a film titled ‘Gangster’ based on the life of Abu Salem, starring Emaraan Hashmi along with Shiney Ahuja and directed by Anurag Basu, says her filmy carrer started by chance. Kangna is just 19 years old and has no filmy background but her luck made her bag film in Bhatt camp. Mukesh Bhatt has even gone forward and referred to her as the next Madhuri Dixit of Bollywood.

Attracted to acting

I am not from any filmy background family but yes, this profession has always fascinated me. I have come from a place called Manali where no one even thought of taking acting as a career. My Papa is a businessman and mom is a teacher but like I said earlier, from the beginning itself I was quite attracted towards acting. And was doing theatre in Delhi.

Gangster was challenging

I would not like to reveal more about my role in Gangster now but it’s one of the important characters in the movie. I have not done any homework for this role and it was difficult for me to play it too. It’s not a conventional character from any Hindi film. It was quite a challenging role. I used to come blank on the sets. My co-stars and my director Anurag Basu helped me boost my confidence. (more…)