/> Her comic timing and dark slanted she-wolf act in De Taali make a big impact. So you seek out Rimi Sen, not to be confused with sisters Raima and Riya Sen, or an actress from down South called Reema Sen.

Rimi says she's sick and tired of being mistaken for other Sens. And of doing comedies. "That's all I get offered. Or some thrillers that are as thrilling as a visit to the dentist. I'm rather tired of doing comedies.

Even my forthcoming films Sankat City, Horn OK Please and Shagird feature me in the comic vein. Incidentally I've a very small role in Shagird."

She had a rather brief role in Dhoom 2 too. "Yes that was a special appearance for the sake of continuity from the first part to the sequel. Please don't ask me why I wasn't billed as a guest appearance.I've no clue how big banners work."

Rimi wants to work in prestigious production houses with big-name heroes. "But in such set-ups I'm getting utterly inconsequential roles. So I'd rather work with promising relatively small but talented directors like E Niwas, Sriram Raghavan or that guy who directed Aamir (Rajkumar Gupta). Kitni taarif hui usski."

Speaking of her highly unorthodox role as the gold-digging innocent-faced vixen in De Taali Rimi chuckles.

"E Niwas was very clear about how he wanted me to play the character. He told me to stop being Rimi Sen and become Kartika as long as the film was being shot.

I took it from there. Although I played this seductive women I was determined not to make her conspicuously stylized. That would've looked like I was fishing to do some scene-stealing."

About that hyena-like giggle that she uses in De Taali. "That's how I laugh in real life. I thought it wouldn't go with the character. But later I decided to incorporate it into my character to make her seem more human."

Though she featured as Abhishek Bachchan's suspicious wife in Dhoom and its sequel not much is known about Rimi.

"That's because I'm from Kolkata and I've practically no friends in the film industry in Mumbai." She informs with a selfassured aloofness that indicates a deep selfregard.

"I don't attend parties or filmy events. I'd feel very foolish and fake if I've to go and socialize with those very people with whom I share a cordial working relationship on the sets."

Rimi believes friendships aren't possible in the entertainment industry. "Then why pretend? Equations change here according to opportunity and matlab. I'd rather do my work and come home."

She did bond rather well with Riteish Deshmukh during De Taali, though. "He's a sweetheart. I can say he's one friend that I've made in the three years that I've been in the industry, " says Rimi whose first feature film was Ravi Chopra's Baghban

. "I did that just for a lark. Earlier I had done a cola ad with Aamir Khan. That's how I got noticed."

Experiences with filmmakers have been okay-okay so far. "Nothing to write home about. And I'm not the kind to go asking for a role unless I'm deeply impressed by a director's work. It's not that I'm not ambitious. But not at the cost of my selfrespect."