Right now, the film has massive buzz. Not just is it one of those Bollywood events, a Sanjay Bhansali movie, but it is Sony Pictures' first Indian production.
The budget has been massive and the hype machine is in complete overdrive, readying for the mega release on November 9. "It's been overwhelming, sort of. It's like a riot of emotions inside me. But it's fun." And the scary bit? "I'm the sort of person who feels everything at the same time, I feel too much. Every emotion is heightened, I'm an extreme person," admits Sonam. "And I think that's scary."
Obsessed with cinema and all things creative, Sonam went to the United World College in Singapore, dabbling more with art direction. "I never really got into acting," she smiles, vocally italicising the word as she seems to do all relatively unreal, larger-than-life words -- actress, Bollywood, Salman. "I did monologues for plays and stuff but that's because I wrote the monologues. Otherwise, I never wanted to be an actor. A dancer maybe, not an actor."
Bhansali changed that when she came aboard his last film, Black, as one of many Assistant Directors -- including her Saawariya co-star Ranbir. "The first day I came to work on the sets and sir looked at me and said, `you're an actress.' So the seed was in my brain, and then I realised `Hmm, I like what Amitji and Rani are doing in front of the camera, I'm a little more interested in that, maybe.'"
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