Esha Deol's Ankahee releases this Friday but during a special screening of the film that was held at Filmcity last week, mama Hema cried profusely after she took a sneak peek at her daughter's work.

"The film is very intense and nice. Hema ji was so touched. 'It's very different from what Esha has done till now', she told us," says an eye-witness.

Produced by Pritish Nandy Communications and directed by Vikram Bhatt, the film is a love triangle where Esha plays Kavya, a Miss World and the seductress, who falls in love with the doctor.

The fact that the doctor happens to be married with a daughter does not deter the powerful and successful, yet lonely, Kavya who believes that only he can make her happy.

Now we all know Esha is no Mallika, Priyanka, Kareena or even Bipasha. She does not have the assets, nor does she have the Oomph. Yet, in a contradiction that is so typical of Bollywood she seems to excel only in roles where she is cast as a sex siren.

Does that bother Hema and Deols in general?

"I know, Esha is playing a very complex character. It's very tough to play, but she did it wonderfully. She displayed a lot of maturity while enacting the role. I must say Vikram Bhatt has done a very good job and brought out the best in Esha," gushes Hema.

In the past Esha has been extremely reluctant about the exposure and taken contradictory stands.

At one point she said, "An actress is all about acting, revealing is not even in the job!" Later she is on record as having said that she will show skin only if her role so demands. Well, her role as a home-wrecker in Ankahee does so but it will be interesting to see how she handles it.