<p> Known for her unusual choices of films, she has been trying to tell stories of women from all walks of life. In the City to promote her latest film Turning 30, she shared her thoughts with Metrolife. <br /><br />Gul says accepting this movie was a natural choice. “I was three months short of turning 30 when the script came to me. Then I looked at the title and thought that this would the most sensible thing to do at that time,” she says. Age certainly is not something she seems to be hiding. “When you look good at 30, why hide it,” she asks.<br /><br />In the movie, she plays the character of Naina whose life falls apart while she nears her 30th birthday. “And the story is about how she fights back. It’s a coming-of-age film,” she says. <br /><br />“This is a female-oriented film written from a female perspective. It doesn’t judge women,” she adds. She also mentions that the look of the film took her by surprise. “The look of the film is very important. It is very French, very foreign actually. I thought it would look like a niche movie but it looks rich and glossy,” she says. “But fashion is only a small part of the film,” she adds. <br /><br />So what kind of audience is she expecting? “Men also watch films like these and they are welcome. But it is a film made for girls and every girl should watch it,” she says. About her co-star, she says, “This is my second film with Purab. I have done another movie called A Rectangular Love Story with him. Our approach to cinema is the same. We feel one should be real and subtle instead of making a caricature of the character.”<br /><br />Ask her whether she is a fan of chick flicks and she says, “The last film I saw was Confessions of a Shopaholic. But my all-time favourite is Bridget Jones’s Diary and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. I like these books also. Interestingly, when I read the book at 21, I couldn’t identify with the character at all but I read it again when I was 27 and I loved it,” she adds. <br /><br />Gul also talks about the urban woman and the pressure of managing work and personal life. “A lot of men say that they don’t have time for a girlfriend because of their work. But I have rarely met a woman who says she can’t have time for a boyfriend because of work. It just goes to show that women manage time better.”</p>
<p> Known for her unusual choices of films, she has been trying to tell stories of women from all walks of life. In the City to promote her latest film Turning 30, she shared her thoughts with Metrolife. <br /><br />Gul says accepting this movie was a natural choice. “I was three months short of turning 30 when the script came to me. Then I looked at the title and thought that this would the most sensible thing to do at that time,” she says. Age certainly is not something she seems to be hiding. “When you look good at 30, why hide it,” she asks.<br /><br />In the movie, she plays the character of Naina whose life falls apart while she nears her 30th birthday. “And the story is about how she fights back. It’s a coming-of-age film,” she says. <br /><br />“This is a female-oriented film written from a female perspective. It doesn’t judge women,” she adds. She also mentions that the look of the film took her by surprise. “The look of the film is very important. It is very French, very foreign actually. I thought it would look like a niche movie but it looks rich and glossy,” she says. “But fashion is only a small part of the film,” she adds. <br /><br />So what kind of audience is she expecting? “Men also watch films like these and they are welcome. But it is a film made for girls and every girl should watch it,” she says. About her co-star, she says, “This is my second film with Purab. I have done another movie called A Rectangular Love Story with him. Our approach to cinema is the same. We feel one should be real and subtle instead of making a caricature of the character.”<br /><br />Ask her whether she is a fan of chick flicks and she says, “The last film I saw was Confessions of a Shopaholic. But my all-time favourite is Bridget Jones’s Diary and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. I like these books also. Interestingly, when I read the book at 21, I couldn’t identify with the character at all but I read it again when I was 27 and I loved it,” she adds. <br /><br />Gul also talks about the urban woman and the pressure of managing work and personal life. “A lot of men say that they don’t have time for a girlfriend because of their work. But I have rarely met a woman who says she can’t have time for a boyfriend because of work. It just goes to show that women manage time better.”</p>
