How would he emote?' says the 29-year-old actor. It was when we started shooting that it actually hit me - I had to play a complicated character who cannot hear or speak. 'When the film was narrated to me, I had all these preconceived notions - that this was such a great character for me to play as an actor and all that jazz. And she happened really well.'Ĭhopra pauses for breath and then adds: 'At least, that is what I think. You will have to watch the film and decide for yourself.'Ĭhopra's co-star and Barfi!'s male lead, Ranbir Kapoor, mirrors her sentiments when he describes the ease with which he fell into his role. And as soon as I stopped thinking about it, Jhilmil happened.

But after a point, I realised I was over-thinking it. 'It took me a really long time to wrap my head around what I was supposed to do. I didn't know how to approach this character - how to play this girl Jhilmil - for the first four or five days. 'When I first heard the narration, I told Anurag that I absolutely had to be part of this film because, to me, the story is magical. Once I had signed up and actually started researching the role I would be playing, I became very nervous. She nods towards a poster of the film, which shows her barefaced, with short, black curls. 'First of all, I was very glad I didn't have to put on any make-up when on the sets,' Chopra says at a recent screening of the film in Dubai. Set in 1970s India, the romantic comedy tells the story of Barfi (Kapoor) and his friend Jhilmil (Chopra) as they explore their feelings for each other. In her latest film, Barfi!, which opens in UAE cinemas on Thursday, Chopra's character is one of her most unique yet - that of an autistic girl who happens to be the love interest of a deaf and mute boy. Today, Priyanka Chopra is considered the quintessential Bollywood heroine. It's hardly surprising that the 30-year-old - also the winner of the Miss World title in 2000 - was cast in these glamorous, albeit sometimes dark, roles. A bombshell who murders seven of her husbands in her quest to find the perfect man. These are just some of the personas donned by Priyanka Chopra on screen. A sultry model catapulted to dizzy stardom. The actors tell us about the making of the movie.Ī flame-haired pop star. Anurag Basu's new film Barfi! follows the relationship between a deaf and mute boy and an autistic girl, played by Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra.

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