Why would I want to do my mother`s film remake, asks Soha Ali Khan

Mumbai: She isn`t in filmdom for either fame or money; rather Soha Ali Khan wants to do good work and also clarifies that doing a remake of her mother`s film is not on her wish-list.

Daughter of veteran actress Sharmila Tagore and late cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Soha said: "Why would I want to be in my mother`s remake film? That would be like suicide for me because I am inviting people to compare me to her. Rarely people will make favourable comment. The idea is to do something new and fresh. If it`s a contemporary adaptation then it`s okay." Actress of films like ‘Rang De Basanti’ and ‘Khoya Khoya Chand’, Soha, who doesn`t have too many hits to her credit, says she is not "commercially focused". "My motivation is not how much my film will make? My motivation is, it should be a good film and will I enjoy working in it? I am not interested in making a lot of money. I am fortunate to have financial securities and that`s (money) never been a motivation factor for me." "I am not even interested in being famous. I think being famous has a lot of stress. It`s very stressful being an actress. Actually, being an actor is very complicated. You have to be almost super human to deal with everything. It comes with a lot of baggage," she added. Coming back to her mother, Padma Bhushan awardee Sharmila, seen in films like ‘Aradhana’, ‘Safar’ and ‘Mausam’, Soha describes her mom as a good homemaker. "I take a lot of tips from my mum on how to be a good homemaker," said Soha, who is dating Kunal Khemu, and added that "living in a house with your life partner and being in a relationship, which is public, you have to be kind of mature and calm and my mother is a very good homemaker". "She was a very good wife and a good mother and she does give me advice. One of the things that she said was - a man must never hurt a woman`s emotion and a woman must never hurt a man`s ego and if you respect the man`s ego, the man respect woman`s emotion, then you will be okay," she added. Initially, she was compared to her mother, but informs that "people have stopped comparing me with my mum now". The 34-year-old added: "My choice of films is slightly different." "Sometimes when I dress in a particular way, people say I look like my mom. Even if you are comparing favourably or unfavourably with my mother, I am not competing with her, I am competing with my fears." IANS