Parineeti Chopra to start shooting for Rohit Shetty’s ‘Golmaal Again’ on March 9
23/02/2017
Three years after her last feature-length turn, Parineeti Chopra is set to return to the posse of A-listers with the fourth film in Rohit Shetty's blockbuster comedy franchise, Golmaal, alongside Ajay Devgn. The actress kicks off shooting on March 9. Parts of the film will be shot at Hyderabad's Ramoji Film City, Ooty, Goa and Film City in Mumbai.
Buzz is, Parineeti plays a quirky character in Golmaal Again and will be seen kicking and punching her way around, like one of the boys. The 28-year-old actress is tightlipped on the subject, simply saying, "This is my first franchise film so I am really excited and keen to bring my best to the role. A franchise like Golmaal has a loyal audience so as an actor I have to be liked by them. At the same time, I must bring in a bit of myself which is unique and identifiable as a performer. It's a fantastic team and I'm thrilled, especially, at the thought of Rohit Shetty directing me. His work is both grand and entertaining. I'm all set to go for Golmaal Again," she said.
While the cameras weren't rolling, Parineeti passed an open-water diving course and is now eligible to dive up to 40 meters or 120 feet in an open sea. After receiving her certificate last week, the actress is now prepping to take an advanced course in skills training to be better equipped to scuba-dive at night.
"Diving is an exhilarating experience. The feeling of weightlessness and seeing fish, sharks and colourful plants is surreal. I now want to explore the sea at night. I'm told that the dive is with lights and the sea glows in florescent colours," she gushes, admitting that it was Anees Adenwala, partner and instructor at Mumbai's Orca Dive Club and a scuba diver for the last 16 years, who urged her to take up diving professionally. "He is responsible for practically every underwater Bollywood film shoot. He got me hooked."
She'd first gone diving in Bali in 2012 and describes being on a boat for two-three days and diving up to four times a day, each lasting around 40 minutes, as a "meditative experience". Since then she's dived from the island of Palau in the western chain of the Caroline Islands in Micronesia, one of the world's greatest "blue corners for snorkelling". She's also explored the coral caves in Bali, jumped off a boat in Phuket and experienced the marine diversity of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. "I even came across an 11-km coral forest which was like an underwater mountain range with a scary black hole beneath. That's why everyone jumps in pairs with a 'dive buddy'.
It is mandatory for safety reasons," points out Parineeti who hopes to hit the Galapagos, New Zealand and Portugal's Azores islands soon. She also wants to practice diving in heavy currents so that she can discover more channels of vibrant aquatic life. "Every year, either for work or vacation, I travel to five-six places. I love meeting strangers on a boat, exploring the sea and sharing experiences with them, Diving is not as gruelling a sport as it is a leisure activity," she asserts.
For Parineeti, diving has also been about teaching herself to stay calm and composed. "It's an out of body experience and you learn to trust your instructor and be more disciplined. Anybody going to a beach destination has to dive to return with better memories," she says, signing off on a filmi note with a dialogue from Zoya Akhtar's Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, "Like Katrina says — Sieze the day my friend — pehle is din ko poori tarah jiyo, phir chalis ke bare mein sochna!"
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