Chopra's Change

One actress, 12 roles: Priyanka Chopra is creating history of sorts in Bollywood with What's Your Rashee. She talks to Abdulla Mahmood about the 12 characters she plays who all work towards winning Harman Baweja's (Yogesh) heart.

Gemini
Kajal Khakhar
"Kajal is around 20-years old, studying in a Mumbai college. She wants to meet her dream man and believes in marrying for love. So she proposes that she and Yogesh date each other for a year before getting hitched. I think a lot of college-going girls will definitely identify with Kajal's thought process."

Leo
Mallika Desai
"Mallika is a contemporary dancer who wants to utilise all the money she makes from her dance performances for environmental causes and works closely with Non Government Organisations."

Pisces
Chandrika Jamnadas
"Chandrika believes in reincarnation and as soon as she sees Yogesh's photo she realises that he is her lover from a previous life. She also tries to convince Yogesh about their past life. She isn't close to the real me as I am a scientific person who is rational in her thinking."

Virgo
Pooja Goradia
"Pooja is a doctor who lives in the Indian city of Navi Mumbai. She's instantly attracted to Yogesh but has a condition: if he marries her, then he will have to stay in India. I was inspired by my mother's personality while playing Pooja."

Scorpio
Nandini Jassani
"Nandini is an aspiring supermodel who wants to marry Yogesh only because it'd give her an opportunity to contact the biggest modelling agencies in the US. I think there are many girls like Nandini who want to marry for their own benefit."

Aries
Anjali Patel
"Anjali is a small town girl and the daughter of a conservative rich trader. She cannot speak English fluently and so she is not confident about communicating with the expat Yogesh. But she does try hard to impress him as she's interested in marrying him."

Libra
Rajni Parmar
"Rajni is an architect and a self-made, no-nonsense woman. She likes to dominate and have complete control of her life, which means Yogesh has to fulfill all her wishes."

Capricorn
Bhavna Shukla
"Bhavna is highly educated and lives with her grandparents. She has studied astrology. After studying Yogesh's birth chart, she suggests that they have pre-marital sex or else their marriage is destined to fail. I don't believe in astrology and so I had to convince myself to play Bhavna's part so that she doesn't turn out be a caricature on-screen."

Aquarius
Sanjana Shah
"Sanjana has studied in England and has a lover. She wants Yogesh to reject her, but only after they go out together so that her parents don't suspect anything. I could connect with Sanjana as she represents the contemporary woman and the only thing I had to work on was her British accent."

Sagittarius
Jhanakan
"Her's is undoubtedly the most difficult character. She's a naïve 15-year-old village girl, projected as an older girl to get married. I worked on my hairstyle and costumes to look convincing. It wasn't easy getting into the mind of a 15-year-old.

Cancer
Hansa Parekh
"Hansa has completed her BA and is heart-broken from
a previous relationship. She is extremely honest and
confesses to Yogesh that she is not a virgin. Considering that I am also a Cancerian I could relate to Hansa's honesty and inner strength as personally I also believe in honesty in a relationship."

Taurus
Vishakha Zaveri
"Vishakha is the daughter of India's biggest cotton tycoon, leading a luxurious life in Jaipur's palatial mansion. She wants to marry a self-made man and not someone who would eye her family fortune. So she decides to test Yogesh by pretending to be mentally unstable. I had fun playing her wild character."