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Tuesday, 30 September 2008 |
 Genelia :Genelia D’Souza, Imran Khan’s petite and perky co-star in Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, brushes off rumours of any relationship with Riteish Deshmukh with a “We’re just friends.”
Genelia teamed up with Riteish for her first Hindi film Tujhe Meri Kasam and they were seen together once again in Masti. While Tujhe Meri Kasam bit the dust at the box office, Masti hit the bull’s eye. But the film’s success didn’t help much in shaping her career. “I’m very much single. Riteish is a friend. But that’s it. I’ve no idea where these rumours come from. We’re both very busy. When we occasionally meet up, we’re normal with each other, not the least self conscious about what’s written about us. I’m very new to all this. I’ve done two films with Riteish,” Genelia said. The actress forayed into showbiz with Amitabh Bachchan as her co-star. “I did a Parker pen ad with him when I was still a child. It seems I’ve been acting forever. I started young, yes. In 2003, I had three releases in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Strangely acting was never an option. That ad was directed by Mansoor Khan. He kept me in mind for Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, and here I am,” she said. Genelia said she was never that keen on an acting career. “But when I saw how I was appreciated down South, I fell in love with the industry. I’ve been lucky. I didn’t plan anything. I’ve never contacted a single producer. So far it’s been an awesome journey.” After Tamil and Telugu, Genelia has just made her debut in a Kannada film. “I’m sure I’ll be able to dub in all the South Indian languages soon. I know I can do it. I just need to get the slangs and colloquialisms correct. Honestly, I need to dub my own lines in the South to give complete performances,” she said.
Like Asin, Genelia is now dividing her time between Bollywood and the South. “I’m getting a lot of calls in Mumbai. I want to balance it out. But the priority would be Hindi films right now because I’ve worked really long in the South. But my South Indian films are also very important. I can’t let them go. Let’s just say I’ll do one film down South for every two films,” she said.
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