As Susanna,her character in 7 Khoon Maaf,where she plays a dreaded wife who kills her husbands,Priyanka Chopra has shown yet another facet of her limitless acting potential. While,the character comes out a ruthless killer,the actor is quick to defend her,saying she has a lot of redeeming qualities. Here,Chopra talks about who Susanna is,why she chose to portray her,working with seven different actors and Oscar dreams. Doesn't Susanna have any redeeming qualities in her?Susanna has a lot of redeeming qualities in her. She is completely positive. When you come out of the movie,you will go something like this - 'Poor Susanna! All of them deserve to die'. And that's what's ironic about Saat Khoon Maaf. It's a black comedy. It's not a serious,thriller,romantic film. It's a humorous movie. The film is Susanna's quest for love. She is looking for love. You are the hero of this film and it's no more taboo that female actresses are playing lead characters now. I don't want to take credit by saying that I have redefined the word taboo just because Susanna is the lead character of the film and she is a woman. I do my movies for me. I need to be able to do films which move me,which stir me and I get bored doing the same old thing again and again. By God's grace,I've never had to do that. I've been blessed when it comes to filmmakers who have believed in me and have come to me with parts which have always been successful. I like taking risks and pushing the envelope. That's me as a person. I am inherently adventurous. For the actor in me,I need films with substantial parts but it doesn't mean I will stop doing massy commercial entertainers. And how does it feel to have wrinkled skin?(Laughs) It's very exciting for me to be in my twenties and play a sixty five year old woman too. Susanna ages from twenty one to sixty five. So doing the whole twenties gig was easy. Thirties was also relatively easier but forties,fifties and sixties was very difficult. That aspect of the age was more challenging for me as it doesn't come to an actor so early on in her career. Out of all your husbands,who came across as the most intimidating?Out of all the seven husbands,the most intimidating husbands were Naseersaab and Irrfan. I did a workshop with them before I started shooting. Of course,they both are tremendous actors. There are many women in the world who end up becoming the people that they live with. Susanna is one of them. She fashions herself after the men that come into her life and she does everything to be that perfect woman. But she always gets disappointed in love and she gives in so much to her relationship that she hates her husbands as much as she loves them. That is why I have so many different shades in this film. But there is a consistency to who she is too. Was your first narration with Vishal Bhardwaj disturbing?
