Miss India beauty pageant 2004 winner Sayali Bhagat has finally toed the line that most beauty queens tread in India. After doing the rounds in the ramp and modeling, Sayali has finally landed into Bollywood with her first movie The Train. We spoke to her recently about her maiden Bollywood venture and her future plans. Here's the excerpt.

Q: Firstly, Sayali tell us what is The Train all about?
A: The Train is the story about a husband and a wife. Before their marriage when they were still having an affair, the couple had a petty good and normal relationship. However, after marriage the relationship changed due to responsibilities, boredom and fig

hts.

Thus, what happens is that an extra-marital affair sets in. Then there is a suspense angle in the film showing how this couple overcomes the hardships.

Q: People say it is on the lines of Murder...
A: (laughs) No, it is not like that. In Murder, the extra-marital affair was due to some reason and here it is due to some other. Q: In you debut movie you play a wife and a mother ...
A: Yes, in one movie itself I get to play a cheerful and bubbly girlfriend, a wife and then a responsible mother in different stages. I took it up because of the many shades that the character offered.

Q: How was it working with Emraan Hashmi, especially when he has been tagged as the serial kisser in Bollywood?
A: Initially I was very scared, but when I started working with him and got to know him personally, I found out that he is a very sweet and down-to-earth person with a good sense of humour.

Q: How is your rapport with Geeta Basra?
A: Actually I do not cross her path in the movie and thus, we do not have any scenes together. So, I do not know her too well. But from what ever I have heard about her, she is a sweet girl.

Q: Which has been the most memorable moment during the shooting?
A: It would be the last day of the shooting. I was thinking that I have been working for this film for the past four month and now it is finishing today. It was a sentimental moment for me.

Q: And the horrifying moment?
A: There was a scene where Emraan is cooking for me and he serves the food in a closed vessel. Well, I was only told that I had to look shocked when he opens the vessel. I was not aware that there was a lobster in it and when Emraan opened the vessel, I was literally horrified and jumped out of the chair screaming (laughs).

Q: Was acting always on the cards for you?
A: No, it happened gradually for me. No matter how cliché it sounds; I was into modeling and slowly when offers came to me from Bollywood, I thought why not give it a try.

Q: Do you feel winning a beauty pageant makes it easier for an actress in Bollywood?
A: No, I do not think so. One has to always work hard to get into Bollywood and here too one has to be a good performer to sustain.

Q: You must have had a pre-conceived notion about Bollywood. Do you find it the same now?
A: When I decided to enter Bollywood, a lot of my model friends told me that it is very difficult to sustain out there. But when I came here I found that the people out here are pretty cooperative and I did not have any kind of difficulty.

Q: What are your future projects?
A: It is a pat on my back that I have been signed for two more films by the producer.

Q: So what kind of roles are you looking forward to?
A: I want to do all kinds of roles that Bollywood commercial movies have to offer.

Q: The release date of the movie has been postponed. What do you think will be the effect of this?
A: I think it will only help the movie. The promos will be on air for a longer time now and will boost the movie.

Q: So, how will you be feeling on the eve of the release of the movie?
A: I think I will be excited since it is my first movie. But I think there will also be 50 percent nervousness.
- Mili Swarnakar