…Sure, I see the bigger picture!
“Look at the bigger picture” …was the only explaination given to me
thru’ out the filming of chak de..and thats all i did,day one..till
the film released. something within told me”wear the horses’s blind
and run on the path”…and one year is a long…….time.. the only
girl who landed for the audition with a hockey stick in her hand(..so
what if it was the cheapest tiranga stick,so what if had only seen
sunny pa ji holding it!!),the only girl who did not miss a single
practice session,rain or sun,for 4 months…for me, the camera was
always on me..not even on shahrukh(guess that’s why they chose me for
bindia)
…Saw the trial show on 4th of august..and before i could say
it to myself,they told me” girl, you have arrived”..and then came 10th
of august “the film had arrived”..and so did us..a team of 16
girls.will never forget that 1st photo session and autographs with
fans outside infinity lasted for 25 mins. or so…”bindiya,
bindiya….”whispers n screams…and i smiled n smiled ..something i
hardly did while being bindia!….and now it is normal, something
that happens to me everyday…but, i am not comfortable..i am not
comfortable when they still call me bindiya n not shilpa, not
comfortable when people at the airport ask me “where’s your team”, i am
unhappy when media people want to introduce me as bindiya…..and i am
the saddest when people forget that i am an actor who learnt hockey from
the core of her heart so that she looked the character. but i am again
happy when people from the industry tell me “where did you disappear
after khamosh pani”..thank god they remember that i was also
zubeida…and also as mala of hazaaron..
the point is, that the picture became so big,that they want to frame
it, forever. its too scary for me!the only way out, they tell me get a
glamorous folio done,hire a PR agent,newspapers call me for gossips
and hardly for interviews!(i tried doing that,still doing)and then i
got this film called junction opposite abhay, and i said “cool,i will
do it again” n then just yesterday i came to know that its not
happening till march next year…and i question…coz the clock is
ticking. And yes, i definately see the bigger picture now.!..and the
only thing that i say to myself all the time -” I AM NOT GOING TO BE
IGNORED”….guess, some of us are like teabags whose true strength
comes out when we’re put in hot water. so when problems beset you, just
think of yourself as god’s favourite cup of tea.
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Verma
Manish Gupta
Navdeep Singh
Bhavani Iyer
D. Santosh
Onir
Ashvin Kumar
Ramu Ramanathan
Sudhir Mishra
Pankaj Advani
Revathy
Saurabh Shukla
Shilpa Shukla
Sujoy Ghosh
Suparn Verma
Santosh Sivan
Shashank Ghosh
Shivajee
Pavan Kaul
Partho Sen-Gupta
Prroshant Naryannan
Sam Langoria
Satish Kasetty
welcome ’shilpa’..
now thats something for positive attitude….u have got that extra bit of screen presence which was there for everyone to see…i remember after seeing CDI…googling n imdbing for everybit of info. about u gal…dont worry things will work out…n as the cliche goes…BINDIYA CHAMKEGI…
Hi Shilpa !
Would u like to work for a great short film … but without pay ? It has Hollywood exposure. Pls lemme know ! thanx.
Welcome Shilpa… Loved the teabag analogy.
All the best for all the work that’s coming up!
Shilpa,
You were the ‘khamosh pani’ girl for me for the longest time. I loved that movie and googled everybody in it.
So when ‘Chak De’ came along I already happened to know who you were. Congratulations on your selection of fine films and your excellent performance.
hey Shilpa, warm welcome n yes the bigger picture helps. may take a lil longer but the next big thing will make it big for sure!! may be the water is going to be more hot than u can imagine.
Shilpa, all the best! I guess they are still looking for producers for Junction!
I suggest you not go behind leading lady roles and try to work more in performance oriented and international offbeat projects like Tannishta Chatterjee is doing. This will be your USP. And don’t trust useless “singers”!! They will be of no use to you ;)
“appne din mein game badal de aaja bindia naik”…..
welcome to PFC and [ahem!] THE CLUB Shilpa….good to have you here….Chak De!!!
hey hi!!! u were definitely the best actress and i feel ur role was d most difficult of all other girls…n u had to act and also play quite good hockey at the same time..
yeah Vasan “apne din mein game badal de aaja bindia naik”:)
Shilpa
Khaamosh Paani, Hazaaron K Aisi and Chak De India is a fabulous track record!! Please don’t see too big a picture and lose the trees for the woods:)
K-3
Welcome to PFC. Given the passion in your post, I don’t see you being ignored for too long. Keep writing
Shilpa..I remember quoting to my wife..”watch out for this girl – Shilpa Shukla”..after exiting the night show of CDI..your time has arrived..only choose what you do carefully!!..and go international..fast!!..great to see you here..first of the girls in Hindi cinema!
Shilpa… found you somewhere at last. Not any where but PFC… nice nice.
Have been wondering where WERE u. There were some reports about u being pissed off as the spotlight was on Sagarika & Vidya… dunno whether they were true or gossip.
Anyways, hope to reaqd more from u & of u & get to some stuff that matches Khamosh Pani & Hazaron
hello shilpa,
After seeing CI i came home and googled and googled on “Who the hell is Shilpa” not Sharuk-khan.
You rock !!!! thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.
I loved u r words..
…[some of us are like teabags whose true strength
comes out when we
Teabags .. wow. Never thought of them this way.
u’ve given teabags a new dimension..
loved u in the movie and yes, I don’t remember u from the other movies
but that doesn’t mean I won’t be looking out for u in the ones to come..
Welcome Shilpa i love and remmember every performance of yours.. carry on the good work..
btw your post should be called “Bindiya aur Bandook”:):)
Shilpa, Khamosh pani was ignored, I think ur role as zubeida rocked! In Chakde when your in the same frame as shahrukh, in the scene when you try to seduce him( or whatever term fits in), I think the actor in you was at the best… Good work, hope to see you in many more films:)
last week i saw KP…really impressed by the mmaker…Sabiha…!!m almost done with a post which will hopefully get published on this site…:o) more power to u shilpa!!
hi shilpa,
is atul sabhrawal the director of ‘junction’?
hello Shilpa,
its not often that we remember actors as characters—Bacchan as Vijay, Brando as Don Corleone, Aamir as DJ…welcome to the league mam…and good luck for the award season ahead …waiting for some more terrific performances:)
Congrates Shilpa ! . I think only hollywood actors can play as good .That’s great . we want some spinechilling performance from you.
“Bindiya Chamkegi” for sure.
some of us are like teabags whose true strength
comes out when we
hey shilpa….really liked u in the CI.not only in CI but in HKA too.really too good.hope u continue the track of fab roles which we expect frm u.and dont get bogged down by the impressions.:):)
Hello Shilpa,
Greetings! Glad to read your thoughts. You might like reading what I wrote about Chak De and your performance in my blog.
http://lallopallo.blogspot.com/2007/08/chak-de-phattey.html
Cheers
All this unintended use of the risque “teabags” is turning me into my chuckling 12 year old adolescent.
please look up the slang. it’s quite delightful in this context.
The original teabags analogy is actually attributed to first lady FD Roosvelt made popular on Indian TV by pooja bedi in one of her chat shows.that apart, lkd the passion that you have shown.
It was great reading your post… have still not seen Khamosh Paani, but was taken over by your performance in Chak De… I kept arguing with my friends, that “the girl who played Bindiya” has to be an actor, cannot be a hockey player acting… congrats, keep it up and may we have more of you to watch soon…
^:)^^:)^^:)^^:)^
Shilpa Shukla!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Man, am I pleasantly surprised to see you here! Great!
Let me mention straightaway that yours was the numero uno performance in CDI. I’ve said so in my review on my blog at
http://movieaddict.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/09/chak-de-india-review.htm
I wished I could find some way to tell you so and congratulate you, but now that you’re here, it’s great to be able to do it directly.
The media attention may have been on Sagarika and Vidya, but you and Chitranshu were the only two girls who, in my humble opinion, maintained character throughout. It was obvious right from the first 10 minutes that you were the best actor of the lot by miles. If it weren’t that SRK turned in his best non-Rahul non-Raj performance after Swades, and kept his typical mannerisms in check, I’d say you outdid even him. Your body language and even eyebrow language were superb throughout. In the attemted seduction scene, I was watching intently whether Shah Rukh would ruin it with a typical SRK+KaranJohar kind of reaction, but he thankfully wrapped it up well.
BTW, I apologize if I sound patronizing. It’s just that I’m getting to direcly express my appreciation, so it’s all gushing out.
I’ve watched HKA, but not Khamosh Pani. Would have, but I haven’t found the CD in the shops I frequent.
Keep writing!
Loved your part in Khamosh Pani.. thought would never see you on screen again…then saw you in HKA…. had to see your scenes again to confirm that it was you… chak de confirmed that i should be expecting you on screen frequently ….Now you are here, couldn’t ask for anything more… By the way there was something about the way you walked out of the room after covering your head with the dupatta in the last scene of Khamosh Pani…
If reading between lines was as easy as it seems.. then life would not be as complicated.. Good luck to God’s fav cup of tea.. cheers !!
You will always be remembered for Khamosh Paani -a truly amazing film and you acted really really well…Keep it up!!!
Hey Shipa,
Welcome on board:).
Your performance was simply “Awesome” in CDI.
Things do work and for such a fantastic actoress like you things are not far off.
Keep on writing and let your ideas flow!
keep smiling,
Rajeev
Hey, loved your performances, in Chak de and Khamosh Pani…looking forward for more..
Shilpaji,
Now everybody is saying good things about you, i have something bad to say… ha ha ha ha just kidding… We met once at RGV’s factory and later on you had sent across the DVD of ‘Khamosh Paani’ I loved your performance there and i thank god that you were cast in the right part…
Chalo hope hear more from you… Congrats and welcome aboard….
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sareesh
Hello Shilpa
Welcome to the PFC and the grind of bollywood!
Enjoyed Chak De
hello shilpa can u tell me how to contact sabiha sumar ? ive seen KP abt 14-15 times :d
i know u wont tell me ..damn
k..filmibhai..her nos. change,she is in pakistan..working on a film called rafeena..dont have her no.damn!shame on me!
oh .. can i find u on mail or even orkut (hhehe) ..
Find her on mail? Don’t you think that delivery would be abit too special?
hmm right :-)
hi…guess its me mukesh chhabra m so happy for u u write so well yaar will give u one more good news soon good luck
regards
mukesh chhabra
asst casting dir
chak de india
Shilpa,
Yes, as somebody else mentioned earlier, I still remember the seduction(rather a confrontation) scene with srk. They way you just turned our attention completely to you…… If you do the same amount of good work in all your future movies, wuld have to thank god for your presence in hindi cinema
‘wuld have to thank god for your presence in hindi cinema’
this is overpraise b-)
Hey,
I read an interview of yours, you praised arvind sir a lot. nice to know that you still cherish your theatre days. loved all your performances to bits. keep the good work going…
Ahem ahem.
This is a proud moment for me :d
*Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*
@ arya..
..hey welcome@pfc…
…any new movies up the sleeve..?
..hvnt watched the dvd of chak de…hope ur scenes r there in the bigger version..
@arya
u looks bery gorgeouses :d
shilpa can u tell me how much time did it take u for learning punjabi for KP ..
also i have one more query .. were the side actors trained ppl or there were workshops for training them ? each one looked so authentic !! frm the barber to the postman to the sabjiwalla and so on .. and does amir ali (saleem) really play the flute ?
Shilpa you acted well and your hot and well you seem intelligent..
hope to see some intresting movies from you
vivek allow me to protest about this general description of saying “she is HOT” vis-a-vis women,
I mean a beautiful woman deserves
appropriate adjectives and appreciation,
koi thermometer thodi hi hain?
Hey shilpa ..
Do you have any projects with you as the main lead ….. KP was nice .. CDI was even better but would I expect to get some movie with you as the cynosure …
well you surely see the bigger picture but i want to see a bigger you in a bigger picture…
You were simply the most believable, magnificent and fully-rounded out character in the film. And that stubborn refusal to do anything except on your own terms, wah. And you’re beautiful..
good luck!
@ Anupam k.r.s -
Hey! Yes,the deleted scenes are there on DVD.Hope you enjoy watching the extra footage
@ Filmibhai –
Thank you!
keep walking shilpa
hey Shilpa,,,
saw u yesterday in the award function of “Star Gold”… u looked very confident. . n I could here that u were again fighting for ur name “Shilpa” with ur co-host on the stage… anyways it was nice watching u … i was at the audience section.. but want to enter from the gate, where SRK enters from….
anyways… see..u… best of luck
niranjan
Hey Shilpa,
I think you were the only one in the team who matched SRK frame by frame , and that’s a huge accomplishment i must say !! You’ve definitely arrived !!
Hey Shilpa,
I wonder what you think of TZP? do u agree with my review at:
www.taarezameepar.com
Sanjit
Hey Shilpa,
You are a goddess to me, loved you in Khamosh paani. I think I’m in love with you anyway
May you get what you want.
Thanks,
hi shilpa,
i saw chak de sometime back and …waht do i say..
neway…would you be interested in hearing a script for a 10 min short ?
Hi Shilpa..
firstly congratulations for the success of Chak De India! No need to express about your outstanding performance. I’m just speechless.. You were excellent in Khamosh Paani also..I’m just not getting what to say..I just want to wish you the best for Junction. Abhay is very fine n one of the favourites of mine..all the best! N ha I’m Honey’s frient..he told you about me when you were together at Stardust awards..remember..? if possible reply me on abhijeet1029@gmail.com….
God Bless…
hi shilpa. i am a new entrant in the industry and even newer to this site. if i weren’t and if i had found a medium to contact you earlier, earier would have i told you that you were brillinat in the film. congraturlations.
that’s it. that’s my message after the long set, just like the films we have these days. wish you all the best. amit
Madam i’m resident of Jaipur Rajasthan.Kabhi padharen to please zaroor inform karen.Really like your work and would love to meet a person as you.Please do reply on my email id,i’ll be very happy!
hi,
shilpa
wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!u r so beautifull .
From Pakistan.. Great work Chak De India..Couldn’t have been better.. Best of luck..
Amazing actor indeed.. Reminds me the power and strength of characters played by actors like Shabana Azmi and Late Smita Patil.. Hope to see more of your power packed performances..
Dear Shilpa,
If you’ve seen the larger picture then just wipe away the unshed tears amd may I ask you “Lip ton De Cha Hai?” and if the answer is yes then my rejoinder is ” 2 Kapu Tee!!(Please).
Am sure as God’s tea-bag you would have heard this corny one before.
So just cheer up March isn’t so far away and you’ll only get better by then.
God Bless,
The Lip
Hi Shilpa/Bindia
” Some of us are like teabags whose true strength
comes out when we’re put in hot water. so when problems beset you, just
think of yourself as god’s favourite cup of tea.”
I just loved that line. All the best ..
The point which you are trying to make is a really brilliant point and hope people understands and…and its only this point wherein people play there commercial or advertising games…All be best