Lara Dutta Is Enjoying Her Single Status

Former beauty queen Lara Dutta says she is enjoying her single status and is no hurry to get into a new relationship as work is keeping her really busy. “I’m blissfully single. There’s no one whom I’m even remotely interested in. And I’m in no hurry. After nine years, I’m alone. And I’m enjoying it,” said Lara, who broke up with he ex-boyfriend Kelly Dorji.

Asked about her equation with Kelly, she said, “Wonderful. We’ve spent so many good years together. No one can take away those from us. Kelly and I know each other too well to drift apart. There’s a lot of mutual respect. And that will always remain. It’s very natural for the hurt to remain between a couple when a relationship as intense as ours ends. But that doesn’t stop us from looking out for each other. A relationship as long lasting as ours goes way beyond a romantic notion!”

Life is good to her. “I’m single, happy and I love my life. Every hero I work with, I’m linked with. They’ve also been trying to link me with some Italian businessman. They found some half-baked picture on the Internet. Rubbish! There’s no Italian or Indian boyfriend,” she said.
Is it embarrassing to be linked with married men?

“No! Not when they treat you like a chum. I never let it affect me. I do enjoy the company of men. And I’m not going to get inhibited at the thought of being linked with one of them the next morning,” Lara revealed.

So is he looking for another relationship? “No I’m not. There’s no one whom I’m even remotely interested in. And I’m in no hurry. After nine years, I’m alone. And I’m enjoying it. Besides an Art Of Living course, I’ve been training vigorously for Blue. After a lot of comedy, I’m finally doing an action film. I love working with Akshay Kumar. He makes me do the craziest things. If you’ve seen Bhagam Bhag, you’d know what I mean. Now I’m a little more worldly wise than I used to be. I’m being careful in selecting my roles. I don’t want to do films where I’m just a glam girl,” she said.

It appears like the actress is trying to scale down her glamour quotient. “Most women don’t feel threatened when an actress does comedy. I enjoyed doing comedy. But I want to do films that give me a chance to grow. Blue is an action movie and Sudhir Mishra’s Devdas is a drama... again, unlike anything I’ve done before. We’ve got a wonderful cast. It raises the bar for the entire project. It is very literate and layered and I’d have to dig really deep into myself to play Paro. So far I didn’t have to cross over to a darker side. Paro is a dark ambitious self-destructive character. I’m not that person at all. I am in a good place now. I’ve learnt to focus on my own work. Your greatest competition should be yourself. I’m a labourer in a factory. I keep my nose to the grinding wheel. And I just want to work. My biggest challenge would be Sudhir Mishra’s Devdas,” she said.