caprican,s role is tougher:priyanka

Priyanka Chopra, who is eyeing a Guinness record by playing 12 brides-in-waiting in Ashutosh Gowariker's What's your Rashee, says this is one feat she would love to tell her grandchildren about. The actress revealed that playing the Capricorn teenager was the most difficult of all the roles.

In What's your Rashee?, which is based on Madhu Rye's Gujarati novel Kimball Ravenswood, Priyanka plays the roles of 12 girls who meet bride-hunting NRI Yogesh Patel played by Hurman Baweja.

"The role of the Capricorn girl was toughest for me," said the actress, who walked the red carpet at the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday with co-star Hurman and Gowariker.

In the film, the Capricorn girl named Jhankhana is just 15 years old. "To play a 15-year-old girl without make-up or special effects to make me look younger was the most challenging role for me. I had to look 15 years old just through my body language. I didn't want any of the l2 girls to be caricatures or not look real," Priyanka said.

The former Miss World said she had to make subtle variations in her walk, talk and mannerisms to portray each of the 12 characters. "I used a lot of voice variations, but at the same time I didn't want to sound fake.

"The only thing I could change was clothes, hair, the body language and the way I speak," she said.

The Bollywood actress, who is set to enter the Guinness Book of Records for playing 12 female roles in a film, laughed and said: "It is not official yet. Yes, it is great even to be considered that I am the first female actor in the world to have played that many parts. It is fantastic...it is something that I would like to tell my grandkids."

Priyanka said playing multiple roles in the movie was "one of the greatest six months of my life. It was the most daunting task of my life so far".

But she added she was lucky to get multiple roles very early in her career. "Usually, the actors who have played multiple roles have been very experienced. For me, this is a huge honour."

Priyanka said she now believes in sun sign compatibility in her real life as well. "Before this movie, I used to read horoscopes in the morning just out of curiosity and to get some fun. However, my logical mind refused to believe how everyone in the entire world can be clubbed into just 12 groups."

But once she started doing this movie and researching on the characteristics of each sun sign, she said, she started believing that human beings under same sun signs have some common traits.

"I am a Cancerian born in July...I have met so many people from across the world under this sun sign. Uncannily, they have similar characteristics like me - being emotional, homely. There is something about it (sun signs) for sure," Priyanka said.

Priyanka excited about entering Guinness Book

And now Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra is all excited about the possibility of her entering the record books for doing 12 roles in forthcoming "What's Your Raashee".

"I was aware about Sanjeev Kumar playing nine roles in 'Naya Din Nayi Raat' and Kamal Haasan being seen 10 times over in 'Dashavatharam'. However, even I got to know about Lupino Lane's achievement very recently. Hats off to him to have done that eight decades back and that too in a silent film," Priyanka told IANS.

In Ashutosh Gowariker's "What's Your Raashee", she plays 12 different roles and the film has already been referred to the Guinness Book of World Records.

While there have been quite a few double role performances by leading ladies in the past, there aren't many movies where a Bollywood actress has played even a triple role, let aside coming close to enacting a dozen-odd characters in a single outing.

"Yes, I have been told about this. I guess not just in India but even in world cinema no woman has ever played 12 different characters in the film. In fact, the producers of 'What's Your Raashee' have got in touch with the Guinness Book of World Records and we are awaiting their response," said Priyanka.

If one goes down the memory lane, one can comfortably say that with "What's Your Raashee?", Priyanka may well boast of doing the biggest ever film written for a woman protagonist in the history of Indian cinema.

"Please don't make it all sound so big and heavy. Let's just look at it as an entertaining movie and leave it there. Words like 'greatest' and 'biggest' don't hold much relevance if one doesn't justify each of the characters. You may win when it comes to count but then you must also be able to put some weight in your performance," she said.

So was she overjoyed when Gowariker approached her for the role?

"Not at all. In fact I was quite nervous about how I would manage to pull it off. A role may look fantastic on paper and you too may feel confident of pulling it off. Still, you have to be extra careful to make sure that audiences too like what you bring to the table," said Priyanka, who has given three consecutive hits - "Dostana", "Fashion" and "Kaminey".

This was the reason why she stayed away from all the limelight while shooting for 'What's Your Raashee?' and her look for each of the characters too was kept under wraps.

"You end up picking on all the flattery around you but none of that helps in what comes across on screen", she said. "'What's Your Raashee?' has such a fantastic script written with each of the 12 roles boasting of such well-etched characterisation.

"I had to go all out in following Ashutosh's vision. With the coming together of a great production house, an intelligent director, a fantastic co-star and some melodious music, it all seems to have summed up well. Now that the mathematics part has gone well, it is time to see how audiences react to our effort."

"What's Your Raashee?" is set to release Sep 25.

12 roles in one film get Priyanka a Guinness mention

If her role in Kaminey won her critical appreciation, then her next film, What's Your Rashee has won her a mention in the Guinness Book of World Records. However, what Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra is really busy with is helping underprivileged children.

Don't be surprised if you see her flashing a ring - not an engagement ring, but just a token of appreciation received by her for pledging her support to Save the Children's "Rewrite the Future" campaign on Monday in Mumbai. And the actor played her part by giving a pep talk.

"I come from a simple Army family in Bareily. Winning the Miss World pageant wasn't expected by me or my family. What I knew is when I had to represent myself at the function I had to give it my best. I was 17 years old when I won the title and within two months, I had to grow up and face you people and not get fazed out," she said.

Miss World is a thing of past though and for now, Priyanka has her fingers crossed for her forthcoming release What's Your Rashee. In the film, she plays 12 different characters, a feat that's got her name in the Guinness Book of World Records.

"I am am looking forward to it. Choosing entries for the Guinness Book of World Records is a long process. The officials have to see the film and then take a call but from what the officials are saying, it will be announced before the film releases so I am keeping my fingers crossed. It's something that I would show my grandchildren and tell them this is what your granny was," she said.

Well, three hits in a row in Bollywood is a record of sorts in itself.

Priyanka Chopra looks hot in "Whats your Rashee"

Mumbai: Bollywood director Ashutosh Gowariker's next flick "Whats your Rashee?" starring Priyanka Chopra and Hurman Baweja is all set to release on September 25, 2009.

The movie is based on a guy Yogesh Sharma (Hurman Baweja) who dreams of a love marriage. But due to some unavoidable circumstances he forced to get married in ten day to prevent the disaster.

Following this, Yogesh decides to select a girl from every zodiac sign. He meets two girls every day and found the best girl for himself. However, the fate has decided something else for him. Interestingly, Priyanka has been seen in 12 different zodiac

Priyanka reuniting with Hurman?

Shahid Kapoor may be picking up fights for her but seems like Priyanka Chopra is more interested in getting cosy with ex beau Hurman Baweja. The stars who are shooting for Ashutosh Gowariker's Whats Your Rashee? were busy mingling with each other on the sets. The crew members were left amazed seeing this. They could not believe two exes were so comfortable in each others company as the case is always the other way around.

Priyanka and Hurman shot a sizzling rain dance which wrapped up the shooting for the movie. The cast and the crew decided to celebrate this by organising a party at a bungalow nearby in Khandala. Priyanka and Hurman who attended the party had their eyes locked on each other. The crew members could sense the sparks between the former couple and they didn't intend to hide it. Well it's a wake up call for Shahid to find some new actress to mingle with.