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Shazahn Padamsee Profile
Biography
Shazahn Padamsee Indian model.
She is the daughter of renowned ad guru cum theatre personality Alyque
Padamsee and pop diva Sharon Prabhakar. Shazahn make silver screen debut
as lead actress opposite Ranbir Kapoor in Yash Raj Films production directed
by Shimit Amin.
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“It happened quite unexpectedly.
My dad who is playing King Duncan in Macbeth asked me to read his lines.
I had never read Shakespeare before and when my dad heard me he said I
was very good. He was very surprised that it came very naturally to me.”
The camera shy Shahzahn
is also gearing up to face it. “I want to be fully prepared. Channel [v]
had asked me to audition for their VJ hunt, but I didn’t go. I was not
very confident about being in front of a camera then. I had to get over
that. Now I am getting my portfolio done and then try to get into modelling.”
Shazahn Padamsee’s acting
background includes her subtle performance in play ‘Unspoken Dialogues’
which turned out to be very successful. Besides helping her parents with
the production of the plays, Shazahn was chosen by FHM India to be a FHM
girl and shot a hot photo shoot. The girl has also had a stint with the
ramp.
I like going out with
my close friends, just to chill out. My party magnet would be good company
and great music.”
Currently Shazahn is working
with Bugs Bhargava’s ad-film company and is training to be a copywriter.
“A friend asked me to write for a show on televisionand that is when I
discovered that I really like writing.” |
PARTY LOOK: “Skinny, well-fitted
jeans teamed with a colourful top. Black is an absolute no-no. I like funky
accessories like leather belts, sparkling swish jewellery in stones of
interesting hues and shapes, and bags, which I love to mix ‘n’ match with
my clothes.”
BRAND BASICS: “I am not
a brand person. But I do pick up well-tailored, good clothes. I like wearing
stylish, well-cut jeans, mostly ‘Zara’, though I don’t mind picking up
good stuff from the flea market in Bangkok too. For bags and shoes, I prefer
‘Roberto Cavalli’. Makeup wise, I only opt for ‘M.A.C.’ products.”
BEST DO: “The best was
the surprise birthday party at my own house, which was arranged by my friends.
I was extremely touched by their gesture.”
WORST EVENT: “It was in
Dubai last year, where DJ Paul Oakenfold played some boring music, the
space was extremely huge and people were very few and horrible. I yawned
and yawned!”
PARTY GOOF UP: “I was
stuck in a lift all through a party which was thrown for me.”
Shazahn Padamsee can
be highbrow and familiar with you all at once. One minute the talkative
wide-eyed youngster, the other a careful debutante, who insists on choosing
the picture that must appropriately accessorise the article. But Shazahn,
the youngest of the Padamsees, is the girl of the moment. With many major
brands in her advertising kitty and a Yash Raj movie – Rocket Singh Salesman
Of The Year – she’s the only one from her family to seek a career in films.
“Dad (adman Alyque Padamsee)
played Jinnah in Gandhi and was offered Amrish Puri’s role in Indiana Jones
And The Temple of Doom,” says Shazahn. “But he declined because he would
have to eat monkey brains! I’m pretty chilled out. I can sit around for
hours in my vanity van and find ways to be occupied. My dad would go insane
with the inactivity,” Shazahn says.
Her half-siblings – Raell
and Quasar – and mother Sharon, not to mention “dad” and his former wives
– the late Pearl Padamsee and Dolly Thakore, are involved in theatre. “I
was the last person to get into acting. My parents didn’t believe it when
I told them that this is what I wanted to do. Though I’ve always been around
the stage, helping with the props and production, I was very shy. And then
Gary Richardson offered me a role, which he said involved ‘sitting onstage,
reading a book’. It then expanded to ‘saying a few lines, like yes and
no’. Turned out, it was the central character,” says Shazahn.
Ranbir
Kapoor.......... |
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Once on stage, she took
courage from her father’s advice: Nervousness is another side of excitement.
“Whenever I go on stage, all my nervous energy blooms into a performance,”
she says. She was clear about stepping into films and was willing to wait
for the right project. “I knew, I had time on my side since I look young,
so I started working on my Hindi and got into modelling. And then came
Rocket Singh,” she says. It is at this point that the starry airs settle
on her, and she says this is all she can divulge about the film.
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“I call my dad for every
little thing. He always advises me to give my best shot. I take rejection
very badly, but he is emphatic that I must get used to failure because
there will be more of it than success. My mother is a darling and sugarcoats
everything. She is completely focused on me and sets objectives and deliverables.
I miss Pearl more now. I have never known my grandparents. She’d have filled
that space,” she says.
It is said that Shazahn
kissed Ranbir in their film Rocket Singh by Shimit Amin. She kissed him
in his dream, as it is a dream sequence. It is said that the excited actress
was overheard telling her friends on the phone about the kiss.
Sources said that the
duo shared amazing chemistry on the sets. Shazahn even expressed her crush
for Ranbir on his very face. She is very excited about her first onscreen
kiss with the Sawaariya actor.
Wonder what Deepika Padukone
has to say on her boyfriend’s kiss with another girl! |
Shazahn Padamsee had the
opportunity to meet Shah Rukh Khan while shooting for a commercial with
him. The actress is making her debut with Shimit Amin’s Rocket Singh starring
Ranbir Kapoor and one of SRK’s biggest hits, Chak De! India was also directed
by Shimit. So, the two were seen having a discussion on the director and
SRK shared some incidents that took place during Chak De! India’s shooting.
...........SRK
This is your new Innings - Congratulations.......
Shazahn was overwhelmed
to meet SRK and she feels that the actor is very humble. When she told
him that she had watched Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge around 25 times, he
gave her a hug. She believes she is very lucky to have worked with Ranbir
Kapoor and SRK before she turned 22.
Apsara
Awards 2010
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