/> Simi Garewal who played the ferociously ambitious and viallainous Kamini in Subhash Ghai's Karz 25 years ago has a lot to be proud of.

The makers of the new Karz have decided to release their film on Simi Garewal's birthday on October 17.

"It's our way of saying Happy Birthday and also a reminder of how much impact the original Karz has on audiences' minds to this day, " says Urmila emotionally as she gets ready for the biggest challenge of her career.

Urmila plays Kamini in the new Karz. "It's one helluva of challenging role. It was a turning point in Simiji's career.She did a fantastic job and left a lasting impact on audiences' minds. I didn't even dare to go where Simiji had.

I adopted a completely fresh approach. It stuck me that each time we look at a great villain on sceen we think of him or her—mostly him—as flamboyant and propped up by fearsome accessories, makeup, get-ups, etc.

Like Mogambo in Mr India or Gabbar Singh in Sholay. I've played this villain called Kamini as gorgeous and glamorous and yet she has an dark and evilside to her personality.I've played dark before in Kaun. But Karz is something else."

Urmila saw the part coming alive when she recently dubbed for it. "I'm surprised at the end-results. I got no reference points, no props. I created an aura through my personality. I don't know what audiences expect from my Kamini. But it's a very rare role and I enjoyed it to the hilt."

Simi never got to sing and dance in Karz. Urmila does plenty of that.

"We've tried a fresh approach. Both Himesh and I have tried to play our characters very differently from the actors in the original. Himesh hasn't even tried to replicate Rishi Kapoorji's aura.

Likewise I'm far more myself, more a woman of today than Simiji's Kamini very contemporary. In the dance movements I don't try to be Urmila. I become Kamini. Urmila would probably have broken her waist doing those intricate movements in the songs.

Everything about my character from clothes to attitude is subtle. Also the chemistry between my character and Himesh is very different from Simiji and Rishiji in the earlier Karz. Our characters bond very differently in the two films."

Urmila has not only shot the original evergreen song Ek Haseena Thi for Karz she has also acted ina film by that name.

"I was thrilled to bits when I did Sriram Raghavan's film by that name. Now when I shot for that song in Karz I died! It's one of my all-time favourite songs.In fact one of the highest challenges of playing Kamini was to do the song Ek Haseena Thi.

I had no dancing to do in the song. I just had to express various conflicting emotions in the songs just sitting down."

Adds Simi Garewal, "Well...I know the new Karz wasn planned as a birthday gift for me. I just hope it turns out to be a pleasant surprise."