Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu emva kokuba enze ifilimu yakhe yokuqala yesiHindi, uNeha Dhupia uthetha ngendlela yena kunye neshishini elitshintshile ngayo-kwaye kutheni ngoku ebuza imibuzo eyahlukeneyo kubalawuli bakhe.
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Usenokungaphinde alidlale iqhawekazi, kodwa uNeha Dhupia ulungile ngaloo nto. Uyazi ukuba uyawenza amamaki nangona kunjalo. Ukuqala kwakhe i-Bollywood yayiyi-Qayamat: City Under Threat, ifilimu ebonisa imincili awathi watyunjwa kuyo kwelona nqanaba libalaseleyo. Kodwa umntu akanakungayihoyi i-Dhupia's Malayalam debut, uMinnaram, eyafika nangaphambi kokuba u-Miss India aphumelele ngo-2002. Ukuphumelela kwakhe u-Miss India, njengoko esitsho, yenye yeenkumbulo zakhe ezixabisekileyo. Lo mdlali weqonga wenza izinto ezininzi waziwa ngokungena kanye eluswini lomlingiswa wakhe kwaye enze ukuba aphile esikrinini. Emva kokudlala iifilimu ezinempumelelo kurhwebo ezifana ne-Ek Chalis Ki Last Local, Shootout e-Lokhandwala, Mithya kunye ne-Dasvidaniya, i-Dhupia isandula ukubonwa kumdlali weenkwenkwezi we-Vidya-Balan uTumhari Sulu. UDhupia ukholelwa ekubeni uhlala eyinyani kwaye efanelekile kwimeko yanamhlanje ye-Bollywood. Kuye, ayisiyoxesha lesikrini, kodwa malunga nohlobo lomlingiswa aludlalayo. Ubonile kwaye wanamava okutshintsha kwe-cinema kunye nokuvela komsebenzi wakhe othathe iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi. Kwaye ufuna ukuwasebenzisa ngokupheleleyo la mava kwaye adlale iinxalenye ezihambelana nabaphulaphuli. Thatha uTumhari Sulu, umzekelo. Akazange adlale phambili, kodwa ukwazile ukuzisa ebomini umlinganiswa owenza ngobunono nangobuchule omnye umfazi akwazi ukuleqa amaphupha akhe. Yeyona nto ilungileyo ngoDhupia-uyazi ukubaluleka kokuhlala efanelekile kwaye akangomntu wokuchitha ixesha lakho.
Kodwa iziphumo zokuba ngumdlali ofanelekileyo luxinzelelo oluza kunye nentsimi. I-Dhupia, nangona kunjalo, inesicwangciso somdlalo esilula ukujongana nayo. Yamkela ukuba kukho uxinzelelo kwaye ujongane nayo. Unokukhetha ukujongana nale meko kunokuba enze ngathi izinto ezifana nokuhamba zinokukunceda ukuphelisa uxinzelelo. Kwaye yile nto siyithandayo ngowayesakuba nguMiss India-akukho nto inokumenza ehle! Omnye unokumbiza ngokuba unzima, kodwa hey, ufuna ukwenza umsebenzi olungileyo kuyo nantoni na ayenzayo. Kwaye yile ndlela ajongana ngayo nayo yonke into ebomini-uthatha izinto entloko. Ndimbukele kwikhava yeFemina kwaye ndimangalisiwe yindlela akhawuleza ngayo ukufumana izithonga ebhegini. Oku kubangelwe ikakhulu kugxininiso olubukhali lukaDhupia kunye nokuzimisela kwakhe ukwenza umsebenzi wenziwe, kwaye wenziwe kakuhle. Umdlali oqaqambileyo uya kubonwa ngokulandelayo e-Eela, ifilimu yePradeep Sarkar edlala noKajol, kwaye asinakulinda ukuba ikhululwe ukuze siye kuyibukela. Njengoko ndincokola naye kolu dliwano-ndlebe, undixelela ngaye nangomsebenzi wakhe. Kwaye enye into ebaluleke ngaphezu kwayo yonke into - usapho.
Ngaba ishishini lokuzonwabisa belisoloko liyindlela ofuna ukuyithatha?
Ewe, ukususela kwixesha endacinga ngalo ngenzondelelo ngomsebenzi endandifuna ukuwenza, ndandisazi ukuba ngulo. Ndaqala ngethiyetha ekholejini. Emva koko, ndenze izabelo ezimbalwa zokubonisa; Ndikhumbula ukuba isabelo sam sokuqala sasikunye noPradeep Sarkar. Oko kuthethwayo, ndandifuna ukuba ngumdlali kunye negosa le-IAS-yiloo nto utata wayefuna ukuba ndibe yiyo. Ngexesha elithile, kuya kufuneka wenze isigqibo phakathi kweyona nto unobuchule kuyo kunye namabhongo abazali bakho ngawe. Ndaqala kwiminyaka eyi-15-16 eyadlulayo xa zazingekho zininzi izikolo zokubambela. Kwafuneka ndiyenze ngokwam, kwaye andazi ukuba ndiyenze kakuhle na. Kodwa ndaweni ithile, konke kwalunga kuba ndihleli apha ndithetha nawe ngayo namhlanje. Ndicinga ukuba ukuphumelela isithsaba sikaMiss India kwandinceda nam.
Ube kwishishini iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi ngoku. Izinto zitshintshe njani xa wawuqala?
Icinema itshintshe kakhulu. Ndibe yinxalenye yolu metamorphosis. Ndicinga ukuba ngoku lelona xesha lilungileyo lokuba kwishishini. Ukuba ungumdlali kwaye awenzi nto ngetalente yakho, ke kukho into engalunganga kuwe! Nokuba yiwebhu okanye imuvi okanye umabonwakude, kuninzi kakhulu ngoku umntu anokuthi akwenze ukubonisa isakhono sabo. Kukho ukwamkelwa okuninzi kwaye kukho indawo yomntu wonke. I-cinema ayisiyiyo le nto yayiyiyo ngaphambili. Kwanezinto ezincinci, njengenyaniso yokuba abadlali banokuba nayiphi na imilo kunye nobukhulu; kufuneka nje ube nguwe. Amagorha aphambili ukusukela ekuqaliseni kwam yayinguShah Rukh Khan, uSalman Khan, uSaif Ali Khan, kunye noShahid Kapoor owayesandula ukusungulwa. Kodwa ngoku sinabadlali abafana noNawazuddin Siddiqui, u-Irrfan Khan kunye noRajkummar Rao abatshintsha ubuso kwi-cinema. Ubuso bomntu ozalana naye butshintshile. Kuyafana nakum. Ukuqala kwam, imibuzo yokuqala endandidla ngokuyibuza yayiyeyokuba mingaphi imiboniso endinayo kwaye zingaphi iingoma. Ngoku xa ndityikitya ifilimu ndifuna ukwazi indima endiyidlalayo. Ndikhulile, i-cinema ikhulile kwaye abaphulaphuli bakhulile.
Icinema itshintshe kakhulu. Ndicinga ukuba ngoku lelona xesha lilungileyo lokuba kwishishini.
Zeziphi iindima ozibona uzidlala kwixesha elizayo?Umnqweno wam kuphela ngoku kukuba kwiifilim ezifanelekileyo kwaye ndidlale iindawo ezihambelanayo. Ndiyakwazi ukuzikhohlisa kwaye ndithi ndiza kufumana iinxalenye eziqhelekileyo, kodwa oko akuyi kwenzeka. Ndibe kushishino ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo kwaye kufuneka ndisebenze malunga nento enye kwaye ibalulekile. Andikwazi ukuzithelekisa netalente encinci. Inkuthazo yakho kufuneka ibe yeyabantu bexesha lakho okanye ngamalungu ofuna ukuwadlala. Andikwazi ukukhalaza malunga namantombazana amancinci asungulwa kwaye abuze ukuba kutheni ndingayifumananga loo nxalenye. Kodwa ukuba ndidibana nenxalenye enomdla ye-30-into, ngoko kufuneka ndizame konke okusemandleni am ukuyifumana.
Ulubetha njani uxinzelelo oluza nentsimi? Ubungakanani boxinzelelo onokuthi uluthathe ngokupheleleyo kuwe. Ukuba ucinga ukuba into ayizukubaluleka kule minyaka mihlanu izayo, ungachithi nemizuzu emihlanu kuyo. Ngoko bendinokuchitha iintsuku ezintandathu ndixhalabile malunga nokuba ndiza kunxiba ntoni kwikhaphethi ebomvu okanye ndinganxiba into endiziva ndonwabile kuyo. Nantoni na inokukucinezela kweli shishini—inqaku lisenokukucinezela, ikhaphethi ebomvu inkangeleko inokukucinezela. ukucinezela, nokuba ukusilela kunye nempumelelo kunokukuxinzelela phantsi. Yindlela oyithatha ngayo. Ndingakuxokisa ndithi xa ndinestress ndihambe or something like that, but you can't run away from stress, right? Ndihlala ndizixelele xa ndisenza iprojekthi entsha, eyona meko ilungileyo iya kwenza kakuhle, eyona meko imbi kakhulu ayizukubonwa. Ndiyazi konke oku kungasuswa kum. Ngoko ndivuka yonke imihla ndicinga ukuba akukho nanye kule nto kwaye kufuneka ndisebenze nzima ukuyigcina. Kukho, nangona kunjalo, into enye endicinezelayo ngamanye amaxesha kwaye ifika ngexesha. Ndipakisha usuku lwam ngezinto ezininzi, andazi ukuba ndifike njani ngexesha (ehleka).
Ukuba ucinga ukuba into ayizukubaluleka kule minyaka mihlanu izayo, ungachithi nemizuzu emihlanu kuyo.
Sixelele ngeNeha ababaninzi abantu abaziyo.Ndicinga ukuba ndonwabile kakhulu, ndipholile ngokwenene kwaye nam, into oyibonayo yile nto uyifumanayo. Ndikumboniso wokwenyani osekwe kwi-adventure apho wonke umntu ecinga ukuba ndingulo mphathi unzima, kodwa ngokunyaniseka, andinguye. Ndinxiba intliziyo yam emkhonweni wam kwaye ngumntu endinguye. Ixesha lam lokuphumla lelam ngokupheleleyo. Ndiyayikhusela kakhulu kwaye andabelani nayo nabani na. Ngenene ndingumntu wabucala kakhulu; ukuba uzama ukufumana amabali ngam, akusoze kubekho kakhulu phaya. Njengoko ndisiya ndikhula, ndikhululeka ngakumbi eluswini lwam kunokuba ndakhe ndahlala.
Uthathwa ngokubanzi njengomfanekiso wesitayile. Unokuthi sithini isimbo sakho sokutyikitya?
Konke malunga nokuthuthuzela. Andiphambani ngalo naluphi na uhlobo lweentsingiselo kunye noqikelelo. Ndiyawuthanda umfanekiso endiwenzileyo noFemina; Ndandikhululekile kwimpahla nganye kunye nokujonga. Yayindim kakhulu. Ndiyakuthanda ukunxiba iimpahla eziqaqambileyo, ezimfiliba.
Ngoobani imifanekiso yesimbo sakho?
Ndingumlandeli omkhulu kaVictoria Beckham; unengqiqo engakholelekiyo yesimbo. Ngaphezu koko, umyeni wakhe ushushu kakhulu (ehleka). Ndikwathanda no-Olivia Palermo, uGiovanna Battaglia Engelbert kunye noCate Blanchett.
Usapho luthetha ntoni kuwe?
Usapho lwam lungamandla am, ubuthathaka bam kunye nobomi bam. Ukuba kufuneka ndibeke nantoni na ngaphambi komsebenzi wam kunye nam, iya kuba yintsapho yam.
Yintoni othanda ukuyenza xa udibene nosapho lwakho?
Sela nje iikomityi zeti ezingenasiphelo kwaye uthethe! Luphawu lwentsapho yakwaDhupia. Ngalo lonke ixesha sidibana sizama ukuphucula izakhono zethu zokusela iti. I-Chai pe charcha yinto eyenziwa yintsapho yam (ehleka). Sinekhaya leholide eGoa, ngoko sichitha ixesha elininzi apho. Nanini na ndinexesha lokuphumla, ndiye ndizame ukubamba umntakwethu, umntakwethu kunye nomtshana wam. Sonke siyakuthanda ukudlala iScrabble kunye nokuzinkcinkca ngokutya okumangalisayo okwenziwa ngumama. Siyoyikeka kuba qho xa sikwiholide senza umama apheke. Ndisandomsa kwi holiday eDubai. Saba nexesha elimnandi sizipholele ngasequleni, sifunda kwaye sibambe. Enye into esiyenzayo silusapho kukugcina iifowuni zethu zingekho xa sikunye. Sitsalelana phezulu; ukuba omnye wethu usemnxebeni, ngoko ungoyena mthetho mkhulu. Nditsho nomtshana wam oneminyaka emi-4 uyayenza ngoku. Uza kufana nokuthi, ‘Yeka ukubhuqa!’ (Phubbing=ukucezela umntu efowunini yakho) Ulithabathile elo gama ngoku.
Ngubani obenempembelelo enkulu kubomi bakho?
Abazali bam, kunjalo. Bandifundise ukuba nentloko entle emagxeni am kwaye umama wayesoloko endixelela ukuba logama nje ndihleli kwaye ndinentliziyo, ayikho enye into ebalulekileyo. Wandixelela ukuba ndingaze ndiphulukane nentloko nentlonipho yam. Abazali bam bandifundise ukuba kweli shishini akukho nto iza kuba lula, kuya kubakho ubunzima, kodwa mandingaze ndivise mntu endleleni.
Leliphi icebiso lobuhle osoloko ulilandela?
Okungaphantsi kuninzi. Musa ukugqithisa i-makeup. Xa ulungiselela into ethile, akufunekanga wenze kube ngathi uhlawule iimali ezinkulu ukuze ubukeke njengawe; ingathi uvuke umhle.
Sixelele ngeeprojekthi zakho ezizayo. Ngoku ndisebenza ku-Eela, ifilimu kaPradeep Sarkar eneenkwenkwezi uKajol ekhokelayo. Ndiphakathi kokudubula iRoadies. Ndikwangumcebisi we-Femina Miss India kwindawo esemantla kwakhona ngeli xesha. Kunyaka ophelileyo, sibe nethamsanqa ukufumana uManushi Chhillar, kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba nalo nyaka sifumana umntu onjengaye.
Yintoni ekwenza ungathinteleki?
Isimo sam sokungasoze safa. Xa kuziwa kumsebenzi wam, ndinamandla okubuyela umva ngokukhawuleza. Ndimele izinto ezilula kakhulu-nokuba kukhetho lwam kwiifilimu okanye kwifashoni. Ndisebenzela imfezeko kangangoko ndinako ebomini bam.
Ngaba unayo italente eyimfihlo?
Ndiyakwazi ukulinganisa abantu. Ndithatha ii-accents ngokukhawuleza.
Ngubani owona mthombo wakho mkhulu wamandla ngamaxesha asengozini?
Bazali bam. Xa bengekho, ndikhumbula oko bandifundise kona. Ngamanye amaxesha, xa izinto zingahambi ngendlela yam, ndiyabeva besithi mandilibale kwaye ndiqhubeke. Bane-headshake abayenzayo, kwaye ndiyabacingela beyenza.
Uzixelela ntoni phambi kokuba unyathele kwikhaphethi ebomvu?
Musa ukuwa. Zonke iikhaphethi ezibomvu eIndiya azilingani! Kuhlala kukho iintambo ngaphantsi. Kwaye ndiyazixelela ukuba 'iprofayili eshiyekileyo' (ehleka).
Ngaba akhona amagama ophila ngawo?
Xa ndibuhlungu ngokwenene kwaye ndiphantsi kwaye ndiphuma, ndizixelela ukuba oku kuya kudlula.
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