I miss doing masala movies: Tabu

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday, November 02, 2012 ( Mumbai )

The actress, who will turn 41 next month, described her over
two-decade journey in showbiz as satisfactory.
Happy with her "successful life" and "achievements", Tabu takes pride
in saying that as a Bollywood actress she deftly balanced mainstream
and art movies but admits "missing" being part of masala movies. She
says that she would like to doa "comedy" and won't mind teaming up
with David Dhawan.
The actress, who will turn 41 next month, described her over
two-decade journey in showbiz as satisfactory.
"A lot has been achieved. I believe my life is a success story. I am
fortunate enough to have achieved everything. I never thought I would
be an actress; so, each and every achievement looks big to me. It's
been a long journey. It's great to see I have made something out of
myself," she said.
If she entertained Hindi-speaking fans with Hera Pheri and Biwi No. 1
, she had a gripover Telugu audiences with potboilers like Ninne
Pelladatha and Coolie No. 1 .
"I had a great time doing Bollywood and Telugu films and it's been an
interesting journey. I did only masala filmsdown south and I really
miss doing masala films. I love songand dance films in Bollywood. I
love it and I miss it," Tabu told IANS.
Asked what kept her away from such films, she said she didn't want to
be typecast.
"Once you do such films, people start thinking: 'Let's cast her in the
same kind of films'. Then people will do whateasily comes to them.
They willsay: 'She looks good in this kind of role; so take her in
this film'. Once it works for you, people will use it as a formula. I
can't keep doing that, I cannot. I have to do something from which I
get something," Tabu said.
If she did mainstream films in Bollywood like Chachi 420 and Saajan
Chale Sasural , she also featured in offbeat films Machis, Astitva,
Maqbool, Chandni Bar and Cheeni Kum , among others.
Tabu says she has managed to strike a balance between the two, adding:
"I don't think Iam branded as an offbeat actress because people know
the journey that I have made. When I did Astitva , I also did Hera
Pheri . When I did Maachis , I also did Biwi No 1 . So personally I
have maintained the balance very well."
She will be next seen in Ang Lee's Life of Pi , releasing Nov23, and
is also doing Bijoy Nambiar's David .
The choosy and reclusive actress is waiting for better scripts to come
her way. "I am not taking up anything that is coming to me. In David ,
it's a small cameo and I have done itjust for the heck of it. I am
nottaking up anything because I don't like everything that's coming to
me."
After being part of critically acclaimed films like Chandni Bar and
"Namesake", she nowwants to work with David Dhawan, known for his
light-hearted fun films.
"Of course, there is an aspiration to work with interesting people and
established people. I want to work with David Dhawan. I would love to
do comedy," Tabu said.