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.

Music launch of Whats your Rashee?

about VIDEO: The event was the music launch of the upcoming film, ‘What’s Your Rashee?’ and the media got a chance to catch a byte from the lost duo together. Post the failure of ‘Love Story 2050’, buzz was that Priyanka and Hurman broke-up and they are not in talking-terms also. The media couldn’t resist asking the duo, Priyanka-Hurman about their relationship which was a big hype then. However Hurman, when asked the question about the break-up turned his deaf ear and ignored the question. Priyanka, on the other hand was seen confronting the media by saying that they never dated so how could they break-up? When the press was busy jotting the duo gossip, the director of the film, Ashutosh Gwarikor, caught some attention and spoke about the film…take a look! PB320 Music launch of ‘What’s your Rashee?’