Actress Parineeti Chopra said she always wanted to be a part of a mass entertainer and with her latest release ‘Golmaal Again’, she feels she has been able to entertain the audiences.
Rohit Shetty's 'Golmaal Again', minted over Rs 200 crore in India in 24 days since its release.
"I do feel blessed to have been a part of this film. I have always wanted to be part of a mass entertainer and with 'Golmaal Again', I feel I have been able to entertain audiences which is the best feeling ever," she told.
Parineeti said she is thrilled with the film's response. 'Golmaal Again', which released on October 20, also stars Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Arshad Warsi, Shreyas Talpade, Kunal Kemmu Prakash Raj and Neil Nitin Mukesh.
"Rohit (Shetty) sir knows the pulse of the audiences and I thank him for giving me a role that I will cherish forever. It feels great that people have loved the film so much and that audiences have loved my performance as Khushi. Kids have been calling me Khushi, which just shows the love that audiences have for the film and me," she added.
Actress Parineeti Chopra said she was "down in the dumps" for almost a year, but her brother Sahaj helped her in overcoming depression.
"I think every human being who consider themselves to be emotionally evolved, always have this one very big event or one person who comes into their lives and completely changes the way they think. And I can say very confidently that happened in my life," Parineeti said in a statement.
"A couple of years ago, I went through a very low phase emotionally in my life where I was really down in the dumps. It wasn't like a person especially came into to my life, but it was a person who has always been in my life - my brother Sahaj.
"Sahaj was the guy who was my voice of reason, he was the calming factor. He is the guy who knows me, he knows my pulse, he understands me, he understands the grain that I am made of. So, speaking to him, being with him everyday really used to give me that confidence in myself and really took me out of that phase," she added.
Parineeti said her fight against depression lasted for "almost a year", but she fought it and emerged a "more positive" person.
"So, Sahaj thank you and I love you. You are my baby, you are my brother, you are my life, you are my soulmate, and no man will be able to ever replace that, and I am proud to say that I love you," Parineeti said.
Actress Parineeti Chopra, who joined the 'Golmaal' team for the fourth installment of the blockbuster franchise, said that friends for life is what she has taken away from 'Golmaal Again'.
Asked about her experience as the new group member, Parineeti said: "First, I was completely star-struck by these guys. There was this bond between them and they understood each other. They knew exactly what to do. On the other hand, I thought that I might just mess this up.
"I didn't know what to do. But within 10 minutes, I felt welcome and these people are so mad that I realized why I was cast for this film... because I am like them. I really found friends for life and that is my biggest take away from the film."
The 'Ishaqzaade' actress says she always thought comedy was an easier genre, but she was proven wrong after working on 'Golmaal Again', helmed by Rohit Shetty.
"When I used to watch these films, I used to feel comedy is easier. They are just doing comedy, it's just making people laugh. And dramatic scenes are so much tougher to do. But after 'Golmaal', now as an actor, I feel those dramatic scenes are easier.
"But to do this kind of comedy and this kind of film, to speak in a language that keeps the whole country (entertained) is very tough. Now I have realized that as cliched as it sounds, but comedy is a serious business."
'Golmaal Again', scheduled to release this Diwali later this month, also features Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Tushar Kapur, Shreyas Talpade, Kunal Kemmu and Tabu.
