'I don't get shocked'

Sharmila Tagore says that she views the passionate scenes of Soha and Saif with detachment as Censor Board chief
Prithwish Ganguly
g_prithwish@dnaindia.net
As a censor board head, Sharmila Tagore is needed to certify movies according to their subject and treatment and obviously the role also sees her going through intimate scenes and abusive dialogues. We asked the veteran cinema personality how she reacts when she sees her son Saif Ali Khan and her daughter Soha Ali Khan doing passionate portions on screen.
"Then I don't see the movie as a mother to them. I cut myself out completely and look at it from an unbiased viewpoint. That ways I don't get embarrassed or shocked to see them. I have acted for many years now and I know that sometimes an actor has to do scenes because he or she is required to do so for the film as the script demands it. I see my children's performance in such scenes. They are good actors," Sharmila told After Hrs in an interview on the sidelines of MAMI (Mumbai Academy of Moving Image) film festival where her film Life Goes On was screened.
She adds: "As actors one should just concentrate on doing their bit for the film and put in all the effort possible to make their performance dazzle. I'm happy that my children do that without hang-ups."
Meanwhile, Sharmila while talking about her movie Life Goes on says she chose to do the movie because of the element of realism in it.
"I'm loving the kind of realistic cinema that is being made today and it is the gripping realism that attracted me to sign the movie. The story of this movie was very normal and simple just like how a family you know in real life would be. It is this simplicity that drove me towards it," she says.
Ask her to talk about her character and she says: "I play a very traditional woman in the movie, a home-maker with a lot of strength in her. She is a great modern day character with a lot of love, depth and commonsense in her. She is someone who creates her home and I thoroughly enjoyed playing it."