Konkona Sen leaps into big league

Konkona Sen has entered the big league with the Karan Johar upcoming film ‘Wake up Sid’ where she plays the leading lady.


Konkana has already acted in a couple of Yash Raj movies but it was just a second fiddle to Rani Mukherjee and Madhuri Dixit. But now she’s gone one step ahead and has bagged the lead role in a mainstream commercial film.


The initial reports of the film are very good and Konkona is encouraged by the fact that whoever has seen the promos is talking about her great chemistry with Ranbir Kapoor. Konkona is now waiting for the audience’s feedback after the film releases.

Does Konkona play a Lesbian?

The gay/lesbian element has been the perfect recipe for the success of a film of late.There has been thalks that Konkona Sen Sharma is playing a lesbian in the latest flick 'The President Is Coming'.

But the fact is that it was nothing but a marketing strategy. It's shocking to know the extent to which filmmakers go to generate hype around a film. And surprisingly though Konkona has no problems with this strategy. She's certainly learnt the tricks of the business.

There was a similar misconseption among the audiences about 'Dostana'. The press kept saying John and Abhishek were playing homosexuals in the film but reality was quite different, as everyone discovered on the release of the film. Konkona's character is quite similar. She plays a woman who pretends to be lesbian in order to make things easier.

One may wonder how happy gay rights groups would be about this increasingly frequent portrayal of homosexuality as a way out of trouble.

Incidentally, 'The President Is Coming' was supposed to release much earlier, but had to be postponed due to the 26/11 terror attacks.