‘Female co-stars can very well get along’
Parineeti Chopra gives examples of her films Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl, Shuddh Desi Romance and Golmaal Again to prove that catfights are not a norm in BTown
Female actors can’t be friends’ is among one of the long-standing notions about Bollywood. Actor Parineeti Chopra, however, doesn’t believe that catfights are bound to happen on the sets of a film starring two or more female stars.
“I started [out in Bollywood] with a film (Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl; 2011) where there were four girls. I did another film, Shuddh Desi Romance (2013), with another actress (Vaani Kapoor) as the main lead. My last film, Golmaal Again, had about 19 actors in all. It had Tabu ma’am and me, and there was all the love in the world. So, there can be scenarios where [female] co-actors get along and work very well together,” says Parineeti.
Some time ago, actor Sonam Kapoor had also lashed out at a report that stated that things weren’t going well between Veere Di Wedding co-stars Sonam and Kareena Kapoor.
Has Parineeti ever faced the brunt of such rumours? “A single statement [made] by somebody becomes gossip, and then it travels until it grows bigger and becomes a rumoured story. I’ve seen it happen. There could be 1% truth in something, but by the time it reaches these blind items (gossip articles about celebrities that don’t reveal their names), it becomes something else altogether.”
Stating that celebrity blind items have gone “out of control”, the actor adds, “There are so many lies in them. As actors, we keep wondering where such things come from. Even when Sonam tweeted, I think she was only standing up against false news. Plus, she addressed a bigger point there — that two female actors can work together.”
Parineeti says that spreading rumours at actors’ expense is unfair. “We work night and day to be as professional and loving as we can, and one rumoured blind item can spoil it all [for us].”
A single statement becomes gossip, and travels until it gets bigger and becomes a rumoured story. PARINEETI CHOPRA, ACTOR