“SUNNY AND ME ARE JUST GOOD FRIENDS” – SIMRAN TO BOLLYGRAPH

Simran Kaur Mundi was crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India Universe 2008 and was India’s representative at Miss Universe 2008. After that, she plunged herself full-time into modeling until she was approached to star in the recently released Jo Hum Chahe. Simran talks exclusively to Bollygraph about this.
Your debut movie released last Friday…what state of mind were you in before the release?
Oh my God! I was actually excited, thrilled, nervous, anxious…it was like a mix of all emotions that I was experiencing…I never ever thought that I would feel like this about anything before. And actually, I was looking forward to the sixteenth and also when I used to think of it my heart used to start beating so fast! It’s crazy!
What is Jo Hum Chahe about? Tell us something about your character.
The title tells exactly what the movie is about. Jo Hum Chahe is about what the youth aspires to be today. It’s about these two characters, Rohan Bhatia and Neha Kapoor, who are completely opposite. Rohan is cocky, brash, self cerntered, he is ghamandi…in short he is everything that Neha does not want in a guy. Neha on the other hand is very focused, very levelheaded, she knows what she wants in her life and she is not ready to compromise on anything. She believes in relationships but has never given any guy a chance because she doesn’t like there romeo-chaap ladkes and for her there is one Mr. Right and he will come in her life one way or the other just like Simran from DDLJ.
How much of Neha is Simran?
Actually, quite a lot. I could so relate with the character and it’s uncanny how similar we are. She is levelheaded, I am. She knows what she wants, I do too. She is focused so am I. So we are quite similar in a lot of aspects . As far as relationships are concerned I also believe in them and don’t like the brash kind of men.
Romance has always been the favorite genre of Bollywood. So how is Jo Hum Chahe different from other Bollywood romantic movies?
You are right. We have all grown up watching romantic films and like many others I am a romantic at heart. The best part about Jo Hum…is that it’s approach to a romantic film is very different. It’s not like the usual romantic films; it’s not like the boy falls in love with a girl type of movie. It’s got its own freshness; it’s very new and very young. When I read the script I loved it because more than anything, the story is just amazing. Overall it’s shot very beautifully.