KAREENA KAPOOR
On Playing A Fisherwoman Queen.

The latest entrant into the Hindi film industry from the Kapoor clan rocked the nation with her surefire success and power-packed performances in a spate of releases including Satish Kaushik's Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai, Subhash Ghai's Yaadein and Abbas-Mustan's latest thriller Ajnabee. Having proved her mettle as an actress with immense potential Kareena Kapoor deftly shook off the burden of being Karisma's little sibling from the very beginning of her career.

Now the vivacious young performer dons the skin of Kaurwaki, a beautiful fisherwoman trend queen in Shah Rukh Khan's latest mega movie Asoka, a film that's threatening to brew up a rage at the ticket counters going by it's pre-release pomp and spectacular visual appeal. Kaurwaki is one of the key components in the legend of Emperor Asoka, as she guides the arrogant warrior king to his destiny, by the force of his love and desire for her.

We caught up with the Kareena to find out what it was like to step into a world that existed a few centuries ago in a movie that most anticipate will take the silver screen by storm even amidst its bubble-gum contemporaries.

A tete-a-tete with the star…

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