Sunday, July 24, 2009 at 1:25am
LISA RAY - The internationally acclaimed actressIn an exclusive tete-e-tete with Tia Virdi of StarBuzzLisa Ray was born in Toronto, Canada to a Bengali Indian father and a Polish mother and grew up in the suburb of Etobicoke, Toronto. She excelled academically, doing five years of high school in four. She spoke Polish to her maternal grandmother and watched movies of Federico Fellini and Satyajit Ray with her cinephile dad. Ray was spotted by an agent in a crowd during a family vacation in India when she was 16, when she began modelling.
Her first assignment was for Bombay Dyeing and then she went on to the front page of Glad Rags. She has never looked back once she got a break in to films. Incidentally her first foray into films was a Tamil movie called ‘Nethaji’ with Sharath Kumar in 1994.
Her Bollywood career started with ‘Kasoor’ in 2001. She then got a chance to work with the famed Deepa Mehta in Bollywood Hollywood and Water .Lisa Ray has been featured in the Canadian edition of Hello magazine as one of the '50 Most Beautiful People' of the country.
Here goes the chat:How are you liking Masala Mehndi Masti? It’s really cool. I’m liking it very much. I am honoured to be here.What kind of works are we going to be seeing you in?I’m working on a few movies that will come out soon. Most don’t have any South Asian context The list is online on imdb.com. (Trader Games, Defender, Let The Game Begin, Somnolence etc)Is there anybody in particular you would like to work with?I don’t really define it that way. I’m very open. A great actor is someone who is dedicated to their craft, that’s all. That’s all that matters. I get along in anyway with a variety of people. So there is no one person.
In the past has there been a project that has been special to you?Yes, definitely Water. It has been the most significant film of my career so far. Also because I really value Deepa Mehta. As a director and as a friend and as a mentor. It’s just one of those really special experiences. Everything just worked. We also had an amazing time shooting the film. I am very very proud to have been a part of it. World unseen was also something that has been very close to me. I do like films that are challenging, not to say that I don’t enjoy light films or commercial films.
I just recently shot an episode of psyche, which is really popular in the US. But yeah I am definitely more into intense work. What are your opinions about the kind of work MMM is doing in the GTA for the South Asian community?Well they are really doing amazing work. I really admire the dedication of Abhishek and Jyoti, I am really honoured to be here, I’m being honoured by the festival. I think it’s about celebrating the community. It’s giving us a chance to dissolve boundaries.
-Tia Virdi
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