Rani says she is similar to her onscreen character of Meenakshi Deshpande, who is divided between her love for a South Indian and a Marathi boy of her parents&#39; choice. <img alt="Rani Mukerji" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/sep/Rani-Mukerji-4_1.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 568px; " /> &quot;&#39;Aiyya&#39; comes in the category of films that I enjoy doing the most, that is romantic comedy. I am a romantic at heart and like the wacky aspect of life and human nature,&quot; Rani told PTI. &quot;I get to show my histrionics in this film because Meenakshi is a dreamer. It was a joyride and I think that my fans want to see me in naughty roles. They come quite naturally to me. Actually, I want to take them on a &#39;Wakda&#39; (wacky) ride.&quot; Rani, a trained Odissi dancer, is happy that she managed to show her dancing skills with three item songs in the film. &quot;My dancing had taken a back seat because of my performances. But I am glad that my dancing skills are coming to forefront with this film,&quot; she says. Rani learnt traditional Marathi dance Lavani and belly dancing for the film, besides doing a South Indian number. &quot;Learning belly dancing was something spectacular in my life because I always wanted to learn it. My teacher who came to teach me from Delhi has given me the official belly dancing tag. &quot;Since all the three songs happen in a dream sequence, everybody --composer Amit Trivedi, lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya and choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant -- got an opportunity to go beyond their limits.&quot; Directed by debutante Sachin Kundalkar and produced by Anurag Kashyap and Viacom 18, the film hits theatres this week with &#39;Chittagong&#39; and Ramgopal Varma&#39;s &#39;Bhoot Returns&#39;. Rani is hoping that the film does well at the box office as it will give her a chance to explore her favourite genre of romantic comedy further. &quot;&#39;Aiyyaa&#39; is important because if it works on a big scale, I get an opportunity to do more roles like this, tell different stories and portray different aspects of modern Indian woman. I call this film a feather in my cap,&quot; she says. Asked about being directed by Anurag Kashyap, Rani said, &quot;Me and Anurag have been trying to on a script for a long time but fortunately or unfortunately &#39;Aiyyaa&#39; came first, which he is producing. I have known him for long and we share a different equation. It would be great to be directed by him.&quot; After &#39;Aiyyaa&#39; Rani will be seen in another intense role in Aamir Khan starrer &#39;Talaash&#39;. &quot;It is third time that me and Aamir have come together for a film. I am very happy that my two films are releasing in a year within a gap of a month. These are two diametrically opposite characters.&quot; Rani, who started her Hindi cinema journey with 1997 film &#39;Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat&#39;, says she is happy to have the freedom to choose her roles. &quot;Every film is important for an actor. At every stage of your life there comes a time when you choose films and I have been doing it for a decade, not because any other reason but for my own. The success of an actor is when you get to choose what you want to do. I am happy to pick up challenging roles for myself.&quot; The actress says she has started reading new scripts but nothing has been finalised so far. &quot;I am reading scripts but nothing has caught my attention so far. Selecting a film is a process, when something interesting comes up, I will jump into it.&quot;

After 'Bunty Aur Babli', Rani Mukerji is seeking to seal her naughty image with 'Aiyyaa', saying 'wacky' roles come naturally to her

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