By Hindustan Times
Kangana Ranaut, who has already established herself as a youth style icon, will now take fashion cues from Rekha. For her role as slain gangster Manya Surve’s girlfriend in Shootout At Wadala, the young star was asked to attract sartorial inspiration from yesteryear Bollywood divas, including
the late Smita Patil.
“I play a Maharashtrian girl within the film, and because it’s set within the ’70s and early ’80s, I WISHED to maintain my style as authentic as possible,” says Kangana, who plays Vidya Joshi within the gangster film.
“When I BELIEVE of fashion, Rekha is one one who clearly appears in my mind. She was so outrageous for that time,” adds Kangana, who have been cast opposite John Abraham for the primary time. The Force actor will play Surve within the film, which tells the tale of the primary registered encounter by the Mumbai police in 1982.
Although the makers remain tight-lipped concerning the details, Kangana’s looks within the film will mirror her journey from being a standard college girl to becoming Surve’s moll. “Since my character within the latter half is that of a 30-year-old woman, I HAVE TO be very sexy. So Sanjay (director Sanjay Gupta) gave me references of those actors because they were considered to be the hottest,” she says.
The references in question are believed to be Patil’s looks from Namak Halaal (1982) and Shakti (1982). Shootout at Wadala boasts of a heavy-duty star cast including Anil Kapoor (as Isaque Bhagwan) and Manoj Bajpayee (as Sabir Kaskar). Ask Kangana if she fears being sidelined on this male-dominated film and she or he shoots back, “I won’t be. In a way, I’m the romantic force of the film.”
