<p>The actress, who will next be seen in Prakash Jha production's 'Turning 30', says she feel fortunate to get roles which are not regular love stories.<br /><br />"I don't want to look like an assembly line production. The same glossy long hair and saree makes all actresses look similar. I want to stand out. It is easy to blend than to stand out," the actress told PTI.<br /><br />"Similarly, being a niche actor, I am fortunate to get a film like 'Turning 30'. Why don't we make such films. There is more to life than love stories."<br /><br />Gul has been a part of critically acclaimed movies like 'Dor', 'Dhoop' and 'Manorama Six Feet Under'.<br /><br />In debutant director Alankrita Srivastav's film, Gul plays an urban woman, who struggle to control the chaos in her life as she hits 30s. She tries to juggle a job, family, friends while searching for love. The film releases on January 14, next year. Purab Kohli is her co-star in the movie.<br /><br />While Gul considers her character in 'Turning 30' a difficult one, she did not think that there was a risk in playing a woman in 30s.<br /><br />"I think things are changing in Bollywood. People are more accepting. I don't want to be 24. It is an age of cluelessness. You don't know what you want from life. But being 30, I am forthright. I know my mind and know what I want from life. Why should I be hesitant about it," she says.<br /><br />"My character in the movie is very real. Someone you can identify with. She is a woman who is dreading 30 because she has not settled yet. She knows what she wants from her life but not sure how to go about it. It is a dilemma common to us all," she adds.<br /><br />Gul last outing was Shubhash Ghai's production 'Hello Darling', about sexual harassment of women in offices. Long in the making the film did not do well at the box office.<br /><br />The actress says she herself was surprised to see the final product onscreen.<br /><br />"When the film was narrated to me it was told in a particular way. Being a niche actor when you are offered a role in a big production and without compromising your sensibility, you take it. But the problem with the film was that I had no clue about. As an actor I can control only what I do," she says.<br /><br />As far as coming year is concerned, the actress has things planned out.<br /><br />"I am planning to turn producer but it is in initial stages so I won't talk about it. We are planning to take up an interesting international project in 2012. I am working with Ram Gopal Varma again. I also have a film with Pritish Nandy," she said.</p>
<p>The actress, who will next be seen in Prakash Jha production's 'Turning 30', says she feel fortunate to get roles which are not regular love stories.<br /><br />"I don't want to look like an assembly line production. The same glossy long hair and saree makes all actresses look similar. I want to stand out. It is easy to blend than to stand out," the actress told PTI.<br /><br />"Similarly, being a niche actor, I am fortunate to get a film like 'Turning 30'. Why don't we make such films. There is more to life than love stories."<br /><br />Gul has been a part of critically acclaimed movies like 'Dor', 'Dhoop' and 'Manorama Six Feet Under'.<br /><br />In debutant director Alankrita Srivastav's film, Gul plays an urban woman, who struggle to control the chaos in her life as she hits 30s. She tries to juggle a job, family, friends while searching for love. The film releases on January 14, next year. Purab Kohli is her co-star in the movie.<br /><br />While Gul considers her character in 'Turning 30' a difficult one, she did not think that there was a risk in playing a woman in 30s.<br /><br />"I think things are changing in Bollywood. People are more accepting. I don't want to be 24. It is an age of cluelessness. You don't know what you want from life. But being 30, I am forthright. I know my mind and know what I want from life. Why should I be hesitant about it," she says.<br /><br />"My character in the movie is very real. Someone you can identify with. She is a woman who is dreading 30 because she has not settled yet. She knows what she wants from her life but not sure how to go about it. It is a dilemma common to us all," she adds.<br /><br />Gul last outing was Shubhash Ghai's production 'Hello Darling', about sexual harassment of women in offices. Long in the making the film did not do well at the box office.<br /><br />The actress says she herself was surprised to see the final product onscreen.<br /><br />"When the film was narrated to me it was told in a particular way. Being a niche actor when you are offered a role in a big production and without compromising your sensibility, you take it. But the problem with the film was that I had no clue about. As an actor I can control only what I do," she says.<br /><br />As far as coming year is concerned, the actress has things planned out.<br /><br />"I am planning to turn producer but it is in initial stages so I won't talk about it. We are planning to take up an interesting international project in 2012. I am working with Ram Gopal Varma again. I also have a film with Pritish Nandy," she said.</p>