I can do much more than just don a bikini: Yana Gupta

Believe it or not but Yana Gupta has not yet seen her own latkas and jhatkas in her recent item song Laila O Laila.

The item girl has better things to do, she says. Yana, who was busy with singing and writing songs and a book on nutrition before she made her comeback, says she now wants to be taken a bit more seriously.

"There is much more that I can give to the industry than just being a seductress." The Czech chick, who has reportedly replaced Bipasha Basu in another item number, talks to CS:

What matters
I don't choose to do item numbers. I am a music lover and it's the music that turns me on. Even when I started with Babuji, I loved the song and the whole country feel that the song had. Popularity doesn't matter to me, but what matters is my work.

Even now, after I did Laila O Laila, and compliments are coming my way, I don't really know how well I've done. It's the process that matters and not the end result.

And once I am convinced that I have given my 100 per cent, who cares about the outcome or what people think about me?

In a fix
People say that I am going Helenji's way and that's a compliment (laughs). But personally, I feel that I can do much more than just don a bikini and add glamour to a film. I can act well and can do non-glamorous roles as well, but I am not yet taken that seriously.

A few weeks back, when I wasn't in India, I was hearing a script over the phone. I heard the entire script and enquired about my role in the film. He went silent for a while and then said that I didn't have many dialogues.

I was so angry that I just wanted to cut the call right away. But I pushed myself to behave right. I think once you get typecast, it's a tough job to break free. And you can't complain and crib all the time about it.

Write side
But I don't let all this bother me much. I am still on the path of self-discovery. I can only say that I am not what I appear on screen. I am a fun-loving but also a composed person.

Every time I take a closer look at myself, I find something new within. Not many know that I sing and write songs myself. When I discovered that I could write well, I wrote a book on nutrition.

It is going to be published by a popular publishing company by this year-end. I'll say, look beyond the camera, and you will see a different Yana!

Inner beauty

We had a hard time trying to close gaping mouths in this event. An international lingerie brand is celebrating its 125th year and the occasion was marked by a contest at a nightclub in a star -studded hotel in Delhi. Indian contestants showcased their lingerie interpretations. The winners will now compete with their global counterparts.

King Khan's Rs 1 crore suit goes digital now

The 3D action hero's outfit for Ra.One will get more expensive as Shah Rukh Khan insists on 'computerising' it to add special effects

The blue coloured costume made in Los Angeles especially for the 3D action hero flick Ra.One and costing a whopping rupees one crore is now being converted into CG (computer generated graphics.

This means the bodysuit donned by Shah Rukh Khan's character G.One that the audience will finally see on screen will be created with the help of special effects.


SRK is leaving no stone unturned to get a perfect look for his character G.One in the upcoming 3D action flick

A well-placed source informs, "The perfectionist SRK is leaving no stone unturned to make sure that the film is made well.

He doesn't want to compromise on any front. After seeing the rushes of G. One's look, he felt it wasn't up to the mark and could be improved. So after brainstorming sessions with the animation and marketing team he decided to add special effects to the costume."

"A lot of interesting effects like rays emitting out of the outfit have been added.

It goes perfectly with SRK's character who is made of solid electricity and has come in the real world from a virtual world to fight against Ra.One the evil force."

Director of the movie, Anubhav Sinha said, "It is natural to have myths and legends associated with a superhero film. This will be one of the early legends of G.One."