If wishes were
Bollywood movies...

... and you were offered a plum role in one
of them, what would you choose - a commercial Karan Johar flick
like Kal Ho Na Ho or Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, an art movie like Ankur
or Bhumika, or a good old Madhubala-Dilp Kumar starrer like Mughal-e-Azam
or Tarana?
We asked some movers and shakers of the glamour world what they
would want to play and they came up with some interesting and
unusual choices... from the 'bahu' of Saheb, Bibi Aur Ghulam,
to 'Circuit' of Munna Bhai MBBS to Veer-Zaara's Veer Pratap Singh...
By Shanaz Ramzi
Illustrations: Aman A. Khan
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Humayun
Saeed
"The cast doesn't
matter, but the director and the plot would be very important for
me, if I were to act in an Indian movie. It would have to be a Yash
Chopra (Lamhe), Mani Ratnam (Dil Se) or Ram Gopal Varma (Bhoot)
film and the dialogues would have to be by Gulzar. But, if I must
select from a released Bollywood film, then I'd like to play Shahrukh
Khan's role in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge."

Seemi
Pasha
"I would never
act in a commercial movie because I can't dance so if I were to
act in an Indian movie, it would definitely be an art movie. However,
I don't like any of the male protagonists that are normally featured
in art films, so my hero would have to be Sunil Shetty or Shahrukh
Khan or Sanjay Dutt. But, if I have to choose one Indian movie,
I think it would be Veer-Zaara, which is like a semi-art film, and
I would like to play Preity Zinta's role opposite Shahrukh Khan."

Samina
Peerzada
"I don't think
I'd like to be in any movie that has already been screened. I'd
want to act in a Bollywood film that is written specially for me
and has a female-oriented, rather than male-dominated, which is
common in most films today. However, teamwork is very important
to me so I would like to have a good producer and director, like
Mani Ratnam (Dil Se) or Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Devdas), and the
music would also have to be to my liking. I'd like to star opposite
Aamir Khan. However, if I must pick one film that's already been
screened, it would have to be from the black-and-white era - one
of Nutan's, Waheeda Rehman's or Meena Kumari's roles. Meena Kumari's
role in Saheb, Bibi aur Ghulam is close to my heart."
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