INTERVIEW
H
er favouritebook
isThePowerOf
NowbyEckhart
Tolle.Thetitle
seemsto havea
metaphoricbearing
on the turnthatRakulPreet
Singh’scareerhasnow
taken. Aftera gloriousrun
down South,she’senjoying
the limelightinHindi
films withLuvRanjan’s
rom-comDeDePyaarDe
(DDPD), alongsideAjay
Devgn andTabu.
The May-December
romancehasbeenlapped
up by theaudienceand
so has Rakul’sroleasgirl-
now Ayesha.Directed
by AkivAli,it’sthestory
of a 50-year-oldfalling
in love witha girlinher
20s, evenashisex-wife
is still ontheanvilof his
life. Talkingaboutthe
film Rakulsays,“Lovecan
happenat anyage.Ageis
just a number.It’sabout
how youngyou’reat heart.
It’s a progressivefilm.”So
saying,shecitesexamples
of real-lifecoupleslike
Saif AliKhan-Kareena
Kapoor,PriyankaChopa-Whenyou have talented
actors like Ajay sir (Devgn) and
Tabu ma’m around, you push
yourself to the maximum limit.
You have to match up to their
level. If you get nervous, then
you’re lettinggo of the chance to
prove yourself. Life doesn’t give
a second chanceNick Jonas and Kabir Bedi-
Parveen Dusanjh, who've
transcended age differences
successfully.
Delhi-born, Rakul Preet,
was always a head turner.
The beautiful model made
her acting debut in the
Kannada film Gilli (2009).
In 2011, she participated
in the Femina Miss India
pageant and won five
titles including People’s
Choice Miss Indiatimes,
Miss Fresh Face, Miss
Talented, Miss Beautiful
Smile and Miss Beautiful
Eyes. Showbiz then seemed
the obvious choice for this
stunner. She made her
Telugu debut in Keratam
and her Tamil debut in
Thadaiyara Thaakka in
the same year. Featuring in
South hits like Venkatadri
Express, Current Theega,
Kick 2, Sarrainodu and
Theeran Adhigaaram
Ondru, she established
herself as a superstar in
Telugu cinema. Recently,
she was seen in the biopic
N. T. R. Kathanayakudu,
where she played the
late Sridevi.take off
Ready
to
RAKUL PREET SINGH IS ECSTATIC WITH ALL THE
APPRECIATION COMING HER WAY AFTER DE DE PYAAR DE,
FINDS RAGHUVENDRA SINGHWith Ajay Devgn in De De Pyaar De