The Queen's Story

She’s been doing films back to back, with barely a breather, over the last two years. Considering the way she approaches her roles, getting back to ‘normal’ in itself must be an exhausting process. Suguna Sundaram does a quick update with VIDYA BALAN, while she’s doing ‘maasi duty’, baby sitting her sister’s five year old twins, before the promotion madness of her next release hits the circuit.

- Suguna Sundaram

How did you receive the response of Kahaani 2?

I was very heartened by the response because it was a very tricky subject. I would have been over the moon if it had done the kind of numbers that Kahaani did. It didn’t, so that was a bit disappointing. But I was really happy with the kind of response I got from people. My character was just so far from the person that I am, someone who is hopeful and positive, eternal optimist. And she was the opposite...I had hoped for the film to do better numbers-wise, but I am glad they recovered the money by God’s grace. More power to people like Jayantilal Gada who invest in a film like this. A lot of people would not really touch a film about child sexual abuse. Highway, Monsoon Wedding, and films like that dealt with it, but in a more peripheral manner. So I am glad by the response.

Begum Jaan you had said, was a film that heated you up from inside as well. What is the aftermath of the shooting?

It is crazy, it was like going from a frying pan into the fire, because I shot both the films back-to-back.