When the buzz on Saturday was that Minissha Lamba was very unwell, one just presumed it was exhaustion after all the promotion work that she did for her new film.
But it was worse. The petite actress was down with a violent bout of food poisoning.
Sounding pale and out of sorts but jubilant about the fabulous reviews she got Minissha said, “On Friday Boman Irani and I were in Ahmedabad. I had this chaat. It tasted a little funny. But I didn’t want to look fussy. So I ate the whole thing. The next thing I knew I was throwing up repeatedly.”
On Saturday Minissha was too weak to travel to Pune for promotion. But she was happy about the fact that Well Done Abba was getting her glowing reviews.
“For a girl who’s come from the outside into the film industry it feels good to have bagged a Shyam Benegal film.I’m proud of girls like Kangna Ranaut who have made it without any help from godfathers.
When I was called by Mr Benegal I walked into his office wearing high heels and a chic summer dress. Mr Benegal said he wanted me to play a semi-rural Hyderabadi girl. I was like, do I look rural or Hyderabadi from any angle, Sir?”
The scene seems like an instant replay of what transpired between Shyam Benegal and his favourite actress Shabana Azmi when 35 years ago she had walked into his office to audition for the rural Hyderabadi girl’s role in Ankur carrying pouty supposedly glamorous portfolio pictures.
