Working with Ajay is great: Kajol

Q: You know there aren't many heroines who could successfully make a comeback after marriage. What do you think about that?

Kajol: Um… I have only one thing to say about it. Woman may not have been able to make a comeback successfully because they didn't want to. It has nothing to do with people not giving them a chance or the audience not accepting them. Take for example Madhuri Dixit. I love her and I would still love to flock to the theatres to watch her movies. But it has more to do with her not wanting to come back than anything else and India agrees with me there.

Q: After you, there weren't many heroines who had their draw in the box-office. It all belongs to men now. Would you comment on that?

Kajol: The era of stars is over. I think it's got to do with the whole star system and how the business has changed. The audience has also changed. So has their point of view.

Q: We're seeing increasingly creative movies today. But some of that creativity comes with experimentation. What happens to such movies?

Kajol: You know we're at our creative best right now. The quality of films we're churning out is much better than what it was six to seven years ago. We have so many new directors come in and wanting to do things differently. So I sincerely believe that it's great that the industry has budgets to let them create films that are different. Multiplexes guarantee that every film will get watched and get reviewed and I think that's simply superb.

Q: There was a little experimentation on the sets of U, Me Aur Hum too, right? We believe for the first time someone in India decided to use a helicam instead of a helicopter?

Kajol: Yeah, the helicam was an excellent experience. Ajay was simply keen on it because he wanted a few shots done in a certain way. Initially, it was supposed to be just the two of us for the shoot but the entire crew came along to check it out. We had these two boys with remote controls operating it like it was a video game but when we saw the final output we were pleasantly surprised with the quality. And hey, the two boys were actually professionals and not just little kids playing with an exciting toy.

Q: So how do you perceive a good actor?

Kajol: Well, the perception of good acting changes every year. I think every two years you watch a performance and go like 'Oh, nothing can beat that', but then something else comes along and changes everything. For example, what was considered good acting was different in my mother's time and it is different today. We need to stay with the times and grow with it. If you don't grow, you die.