Minissha Lamba is relaxing these days!
Minissha Lamba’s fans may be missing her as she did not have any new film releases recently. The Kashmir-born actress, who was in New Delhi recently to attend the launch of designer collection, Kyne, told reporters that her film Well Done Abba is complete and she has now a lot of time to spend with herself and explore other interests. Recently stalking actresses by fans and miscreants was on the increase and she has had a fair share of it and was quite. She claimed that has stopped now. She was quick to brush away stories that she refused to act in Karan Johar’s recently released film Kurbaan ‘because she was uncomfortable doing a kissing scene’, and the sultry actress said, “I could not do Kurbaan because my passport had expired and it could not be renewed in time. I will do any kind of roles if the script demands it.” Though Lamba had a long term ambition to become a journalist, while studying she pursued modelling appeared in several television commercials for hot brands such as LG, Sony, Cadbury, Hajmola, Airtel, Sunsilk, and many others. After doing a music video (Tera Suroor) for Himesh Reshammiya’s hit music album Aap Ka Suroor, acted in her debut movie ‘Yahaan’, followed by Bachna Ae Haseeno, Corporate, The Rebel, Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., Heyy Babyy, Kidnap, etc. Kidnap was highly acclaimed at Cannes Film Festival, and Lamba's performance was critically acclaimed.
The busy bee Minissha Lamba
Recently there were reports that Minissha Lamba is too busy with her shooting schedule that she did not have time for friends. 2008 was an year with four high profile films to her credit, including Bachna ae Haseeno (starring Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Bipasha Basu, etc.), and she had donned the bikini for the action-cum-romance movie 'Kidnap'. She did not have any film released this year. It was reported that she is cast in ‘Acid Factory’, an upcoming action thriller being directed by Suparn Verma, slated for release in October 2009, and Shyam Benegal's film 'Abba Ka Kaun' (renamed as Well Done Abba). The film also stars Ila Arun, Sonali Kulkarni, Rajit Kapur and Yashpal Sharma.
However, though she earned the title, ‘Bollywood’s most underrated actress’ from her critics, there is enough reason for Minissha Lamba to celebrate, as ‘Well Done Abba’, has been selected for the 33rd Montreal World Film Festival, to be screened throughout the weekend and it has been selected for the ‘World Greats’ section in the Film Festival. Quite an honor!
Her co-star Sammir Dattani says, “It’s an honour to have the film showcased at a festival as prestigious as Montreal World Film Festival.” Minissha too is quite excited about Well Done Abba. She says, "Even though the film has a village setting, I play an educated girl in Well Done Abba. Shyam sir is very pro-education of girl child; this is something that he feels very strongly about."
The film has the gripping story of Armaan Ali (Boman Irani), a driver working in Mumbai. He goes on a month’s leave to find a suitable groom for the marriage his teenage daughter, who lives in a small locality close to Hyderabad. On his return, his employer wants to sack him because Armaan Ali returns to work only after three months, after overstaying his leave.
"Minissha will be seen in something very different from what she has done till now. I hope with ‘Well Done Abba’ she gets the appreciation she deserves. She is an exceptionally fine actress and I feel that she has not got her due in the industry," Shyam Benegal said about Minissha Lamba.
