I’m not going to stop hanging out with Soha: Kunal

By Subhash K. Jha
‘Just because people are talking, I’m not going to stop going out with Soha,’ says the new defiant Kunal Khemu
Kunal who has just delivered a reasonably successful film 99, at a time when the movie business is seriously recession -hit, is in an incredibly defiant mood.
‘What do people mean by going on and about me and Soha? We’ve done two films together. We get along well. We enjoy each other’s company. There’s nothing more to it. If people choose to put 2 and 2 together and make 22, we can’t stop being friends.’
Kunal admits he was in Delhi this week when Soha was there. ‘But she was there for her own work. I was there for the opening of a friend’s gym.’
Kunal Khemu is no longer the sweet docile kid who obeyed and observed filmy rules meekly. After sporting long beatnik hair for two years he recently cut it all out for 99.
Explains Kunal, ‘When I came in as a hero in Kalyug I had no choice but to find external props to look mature. Everyone commented on how baby- faced I looked. So I decided to grow a beard.
But forget a beard I didn’t even have stubble! So I did the next best thing. I grew my hair really long. Finally I’ve gotten rid of it and I feel better because people say I look better.’
With the more mature look came the link-ups. ‘Suddenly I’m a suitable candidate for romance. That’s fine. But I’m not seeing anyone, though I may be seen in public places with someone.’
It isn’t flattering for Kunal to be written about his female friends at a time when he’s trying hard to find a place for himself under the sun.