A Fine Balance

obvious make-up. “I don’t worry about things which I cannot change,so I’m cool,” she says.

The promotion of We Are Family (an adaptation of Hollywood blockbuster Stepmom) is keeping her busy,but she adds,“Nothing can distract you from being pregnant. It is 24×7. Unlike now, was very nervous the first time around.”

She admits to have loved Devgn’s Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai and seems upbeat about her performance in We Are Family. “I personally don’t think remaking films is a good idea. There is a magic to a film that cannot be replicated. But We Are Family is very Indianised and has a completely different take on relationships. Only the premise has been borrowed from Stepmom,” she explains. First-time director Siddharth P Malhotra approached her with the movie post My Name Is Khan,when Kajol was looking for a break. “Even after I liked the script,I wasn’t convinced about doing a film. I asked him to return in three months. But when he persisted,I gave in,” says the actress,who has a word of praise for Malhotra as well as her co-star Kareena Kapoor,who she feels has become thinner and more professional since their last outing Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.

The role did have its share of challenges though,as Kajol admits that it was a tad tedious to handle the three kids she plays mother to in the film. “They are from different age groups and hence had varied demands. It was crazy on the sets,” she recalls. However being a mother to seven-year-old Nysa does help and right now the actress is excited about the new addition to the family. “Nysa feels she cannot hug me properly,but she has made peace with it.” Talking about her daughter always puts Kajol in a pleasant mood and she continues to share anecdotes. “Nysa has seven cousin brothers. So she wants a sister now to even up the odds,” she laughs. Will she return as a director? “Do I look like the kind who will pay to get an ulcer in my stomach?” she giggles and tells us that her return to the big screen will take a while. “Right now,I am not thinking of work. I am being selfish and just thinking about myself.”