After Parineeta, Mr Vidhu Vinod Chopra told me that Rajkumar Hirani wanted to test me for a role in Lage Raho Munnabhai. I tested for it, and passed. So it's not by default that I got the film -- I didn't get it just because I'm part of the VCP (Vinod Chopra Productions) family," she clarifies.
The role in question is that of Jhanvi, a radio jockey, whom Munna (Sanjay Dutt) falls in love with. And unlike her traditional character in Parineeta, Jhanvi is bubbly and a today's girl.
"Initially, we were confused about what my look would be in the film," Vidya says. "Subarna Ray Chaudhari, who had done the costumes for Parineeta, was doing the costumes here as well. But there was a seven-month break in the shoot, and during which Subarna got pregnant. So she could not be a part of the film. We had shot a few scenes at the beginning, but most of it was not used because of some script changes."
That's when Sheena Parekh stepped in.
Sheena had no background in the costume department before Lage Raho An MBA from Harvard Business School, Sheena made her debut in Bollywood as the co-writer of Karan Johar's Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.
She went on to co-write scripts of Chopra's Eklavya and Lage Raho, and even assisted Hirani for a while.
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