Only Anil Kapoor was convinced that I can do comedy: Kangana

After a string of films where she portrayed a troubled woman, Kangana is all set to change audience perception about her with a comedy film 'No Problem'.

Mumbai, May 01: After a string of films where she portrayed a troubled woman, Kangana Ranaut is all set to change audience perception about her with a comedy film "No Problem" and she thanks Anil Kapoor, who is producing the comedy, for giving her the opportunity.

"I had decided whenever I do my first comedy it would have to be either with Anees Bazmee or David Dhawan. Everyone thought I was wrong for the part in `No Problem`. No one was convinced I could do comedy, not after playing all those traumatised roles. But Anilji convinced everyone that I could," Kangana told reporters. The film is being directed by Anees Bazmee and also stars Sushmita Sen. "So far I`ve never had fun on the sets. All the characters I`ve played have been introverted and troubled. So I`ve been in my shell. During `Fashion` Madhur Bhandarkar used to scold me for being in a shell all the time. But if I play insecure, paranoid characters, I can`t be laughing and playing around. But it was the nature of the characters. "For Anees Bazmi`s film I`m changing completely. I`m going to organise parties on the sets, constantly crack Santa-Banta jokes and, most important of all, I will bond with Sushmita (Sen). Hopefully our bonding will last beyond one film," she said. After signing a film together, Sushmita has taken the lovely Kangana under her wings. Always known to be warm towards her co-stars, Sushmita has taken a special fancy to Kangana because of her facial resemblance to Sushmita`s daughter Renee. "On the first day that we met, we struck a special chord in each other`s hearts. I was standing at a premiere and she came up to me. She held my face in her hands and said I`ve hair exactly like her daughter. And that whenever she saw me she was reminded of her daughter. "From that moment onwards we bonded. Luckily, I play Sushmita`s sister in the film that we`re doing together. I love calling her didi," said the actress who won best supporting actress Filmfare award for her performance in "Fashion". Kangana, who starred in films like "Woh Lamhe" and "Gangster - A Love Story", is pleased to be finally doing comedy. "I was really hurt when people said I was destined only to play tragic roles. I wanted to do comedy for the longest time. And that I`ve Sushmita playing my sister in the film is an added bonus. We`ll have a ball playing sisters," she said. IANS