/> "Yes. I'm playing Mr Kamal Haasan's wife in Tamil-Telugu director Selvaraghavan film. Why should that be a problem?"says the confident and successful Sonakshi Sinha softly, about her latest co-star, 33 years her senior.

As part of her preparation to feel maturer Sonakshi has requested the entire crew of Shirish Kunder's Joker in Chandigarh to stop treating her like the baby of the family.

Says Sonakshi, "I'm not letting them treat me with kid's gloves. I've made it very clear that Akshay, Shirish, Farah, Shreyas Talpade, Sanjay Mishra and the entire team are my friends. It's the only way to work. Once you are on the sets in front of the camera your age should not matter.

I never felt like a child while working with Salman in Dabangg and now with Akshay in Joker. I will be respectful but an equal on the sets with Mr Kamal Haasan. "

And no Kamal Haasan and Sonakshi Sinha are not doing Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore from Hannibal.

Laughs Sonakshi, "I don't where these speculations started from. No this film is a complete original. When I heard the script I was blown away. I'd be very stupid to turn it down, just because the hero, a legend in his lifetime, is much older than me.

Aren't we over these trivial matters? In real life age makes no difference in a marriage. On screen too your biological age is of no consequence. I've been acknowledged for being different from my female colleagues. Let me enjoy this difference. "

The one thing that Sonakshi will decidedly avoid is making friends with Kamal Haasan's daughter Shruti Haasan who's Sonakshi's age.

"It's Kamalji I would like to get to know. I need to establish a comfort level with him, " says the clear-headed semi-newcomer who seems to know how to make all the right moves without being manipulative.

Sonakshi is not the least conflicted by the fall-out between her Dabangg producer Arbaaz Khan and director Abhinav Kashyap. In fact the buzz is, she's been finalized for Abhinav's next as well as Dabangg 2.

Says Sonakshi diplomatically, "Both Arbaaz and Abhinav are dear friends. I'm glad Arbaaz is turning director. He'll make a terrific sequel to Dabangg. As for Abhinav I'd love to be part of anything he does next. "

Sonakshi now intends to get into serious preparation for her part as Kamal Haasan's wife. She intends to spend as much time as possible with the maverick Haasan to get comfortable in his company.

"Of course there's a lot of initial nervousness. Naturally. Kamalji is legendary. Acting with him is difficult enough. But to play his wife I need a lot more guts. But then I've a legend at home. "

'Legend' Shatrughan Sinha is helping daughter Sonakshi get a hang of Tamil and Telugu. "It is impossible for me to get a grip on Tamil and Telugu in such a short time. My father couldn't speak either language when he did Rakht Charitra.

He read out the lines from cue cards. But no one could make it out. He's teaching me how to read the words in Tamil and Telugu without looking like you're reading it. "

Sonakshi will also be watching Kamal Haasan's film Hey Rama where the actor was married to Vasundhara Das, at least 25 years his junior, to see the on-screen chemistry between the legendary actor and a much younger co-star.

"But I'm not supposed to be the least ill-matched with him. It's a film that pushes the envelope. I want to do roles that take me ahead as an actor. I am not here to do routine stuff. "