Celina signs International film

According to Joginder Tuteja from IndiaFm, while numerous upcoming and established actors have been making (or creating) news about their 'crossover' to foreign shores for a film project, Celina Jaitley has gone ahead and signed one without making much hue and cry about the entire matter.

The film is a New Zealand-Australian co-production and is being backed by a leading Hollywood production house. Titled Love Has No Language, this big budget film has New Zealand actor Ben Mitchell as the lead actor opposite Celina.

Celina would be leaving for New Zealand on 25th May for 45 days start to finish shoot and would be back in mid-July. On being asked about the hush-hush manner in which the project has shaped up, Celina replies, "There was no point talking about it till the time everything is finalized. I have always believed in working that way. Just yesterday the entire paperwork was completed and in a fortnight's time I am already flying for the shoot."

Divulging more about the project, she says, "The film is about an Indian family settled in New Zealand that has a daughter Marina Roy (played by me) who has lived her entire life in the country and is a complete Kiwi-Indian. On the other hand her parents belong to the era of 1947 when families migrated overseas. Unke khayalaat bilkul us sadi ke hain due to which the conflicts in thought process arise."

What exactly did she look in her role and the character that makes her excited about Love Has No Language? "The beauty of playing a core Indian girl", she replies pronto. "It is so ironical naa that while working in Hindi films over here in India, I could never get a chance to play a girl who is completely Indian with the adequate mannerisms, body language et al in place. On the other hand now that I am working in an International project, I have been given this opportunity."

Does this mean that her fans would miss out on her ultra-glamorous avtar? "Ha ha, no nothing of that sorts", she clears out, "See, glam or non-glam are the terms that we use so freely. I play a Kiwi-Indian in the movie but that doesn't mean that I have to be in a no-makeup or so-called non-glam avtar. But yes, the film is more value based than anything else and it is the character and not an individual which is required to be glam or non-glam!"

Is Celina going to introduce songs and dances in the film industry out there in New Zealand and Australia?" "I guess that's not what my role demands", laughs Celina, "I don't see myself singing around the tress in the film."