Neha Dhupia: Katrina Kaif has good abs but she didn't take her shirt off

Actress Neha Dhupia is the host of 'BFFs with Vogue' season 2, which goes on air today on Colors Infinity at 8 pm. After watching glimpses of the show, we just have one word 'amazing'

Neha Dhupia is all excited for her upcoming talk-show 'BFFs with Vogue' to on air today.

Actress Neha Dhupia is the host of 'BFFs with Vogue' season 2, which goes on air today on Colors Infinity at 8 pm. After watching glimpses of episode one with the flamboyant filmmaker Karan Johar and his 'Bff' Shweta Bachchan Nanda, we can clearly say that with her wit and humour, she has added the sass to this show. She promises one to literally roll on the floor after watching the episodes. From making celebrities like Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone eat red chillies to getting them stripped for not answering her question, Neha is quite a task-master! A master everyone would love to dive deep into her conversations. From hinting at her new business venture, curiosity to know more about Salman Khan and her not-so-spoken love life, the actress pours her heart out in this candid conversation with mid-day online.

Excerpts from the interview:

How do you manage the difficult task of getting the celebrities talk about their personal lives on the show?
I don't know. I feel that whatever you're doing when you are in a conversation like we are or anybody else, the first thing is the comfort. The minute you get comfortable, conversations come out. It's pretty amazing. So, I feel now that after being in the business for so many years I have comfort with a lot of people who were on the show. They've all been friends and there were some who I never met in my life before. We had wonderful questions and great conversation. I don't want to get ahead of myself but I want to say this in complete modesty that I had lots of fun. Now, when you're having fun, it transcends and the camera picks up from the smallest to the largest emotion and exactly what's going on in your head and your heart. The camera knows you as well as a parent. I'm hoping that they have kept the best part of the show.

What difference did you feel while talking to guests you already know and the ones who you were meeting for the first time?
I'll tell you the people I didn't know at all; there was Juhi Chawla, Anisha Padukone (Deepika Padukone's sister)and Radhika Apte, who I had met for the first time properly on the show and all three of them were so comfortable and we had lots of fun. You don't need to hear more than that. It's not about how eloquent, well-versed or worldly knowledge you have, that's not what a conversation is, it's having fun, being comfortable and enjoying yourself.

What makes 'BFFs with Vogue' different from other talk shows?
Here, people come up with their Best Friends Forever (BFF), plays a fun game and all our segments are different from other talk shows. I know that there is a direct comparison between m a really big show and I'm not anywhere in the running. I'm a fan of 'Koffee With Karan'. So, even drawing a comparison for me, I don't care what happens, I think it's a compliment for me. I love being in conversations and getting to know people. So, I think my interest towards this concept would make it interesting.

We get to see a new unadulterated Neha nowadays. What is the secret behind this revival?
I'm just being myself and I've always been this person. It's now that the audience has tapped into that side of me. It's great and I hope it lasts. Some people tell me that you have found your niche and I always turn around and say that I haven't found my niche, I'm just being myself. The only thing I always wanted to do is films and I want to do that for the rest of my life. This is my personal life doing this show, films are my professional life. I've really enjoyed myself and now I'm hoping that people enjoy it too.

What made you take up this show as a host?
It was an offer that was put forward via Viacom. Mr. Raj Nayak, CEO, Colors called me up and asked, 'Would you like to do this?' and I said that let me think about it. Then, there was no communication for almost two months and I still remember I was shopping at Sohu in New York and I see Raj Nayak calling. It was somewhere at 1 or 2 o'clock at night and I thought to myself that this is a really odd time to call. He called up and said that I know you are in New York and you are doing this show. That's it and he hung up the call. When people show so much faith in you, one just has to go ahead and say 'yes'.

The show will go on air from today but the conversations from it have already made headlines. Do you think that is a drawback?
No headline has ever hurt anyone unless it's a crime. So, in our business making headline is not a crime. I would say that it's definitely going to work for the show.

Who do you think were at their candid best on the show?
I think Karan Johar, Ayushmann Khurrana, Deepika Padukone, Bhumi Pednekar and Alia Bhatt were at their candid best.

And who do you think were politically correct?
Somebody who is politically correct is Katrina Kaif and there's nothing wrong with that.

Talking about your show's segment 'Say it or Strip it', who did you personally want to see getting stripped and tweaked the questions on the spot to make them difficult?
If Sidharth Malhotra or Varun Dhawan would come up on the show then maybe them but apart from that I had no particular interest in seeing anyone strip. Yes, Katrina, she has abs but she didn't take her shirt off.

Soha Ali Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma and Karan Johar are your best pals from Bollywood. Would you want to be with them on the other side of the couch?
I would love to be on the other side with Karan.

And be interviewed by?
By somebody who knows us really well. I wouldn't mind swapping places with Shweta Bachchan Nanda. She actually has a whole bunch of questions to ask.

An actor's life you would be interested in knowing about?
I would be interested in knowing more about Salman (Khan). He makes us believe that we know about him but we actually don't. 

Is Neha Dhupia in love?
Not yet. I'm getting there.

Character-based roles are specially written in movies today and you are one of the actors who's always known for character-based roles. What are the kind of characters you are looking out for?

I'm just looking out for interesting parts. I cannot look around and say that I am looking out for work where I'm going to be a woman where three hunks will be chasing me and it's not going to happen. I'm pretty certain and that's where my reality check is. My next film is with Karan Johar, a short film titled, 'Ice-cream'. I'm also on the verge of signing something about which you'll get to know by next week. I also have 'Roadies' coming up, for which I'll be travelling to Arunachal Pradesh and living in a tent for a month. Soon after that I come and shoot for my film in February and then shoot for it again in April. My calendar is full till April and after that I don't know what I am doing. The entrepreneur side in me may shine little bit through in 2018.

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