Though is is beleived that Genalia’s debut was Jaane Tu Yaa Jaane Na, she is in truth two films old. But of course one can never change people’s perceptions. Her debut was in fact, Tujhe Meri Kasam, which brought her into an industry and a career that she never had imagined. She too is puzzled that people can forget Tujhe…. As much as Jaane Tu……. was the best thing that happened to her, it was Tujhe …. which was the moment of her becoming an actress.” At that point, not many were interested in Genelia, though now they may look foward to my next film But at that time, I wasn’t the main attraction of the film,” she agrees.
Genelia totally denies that there were any kind of cold wars between her and Imran Khan during the movie, as the reports said, sayign that she and Imran are still in touch with each other, though Imran being a very private person, they are not the best of friends. After working with debutants like Imran Khan and Hurman Baweja, Genelia is surprised at how much they know about filmmaking and cinema. “They have gron up in the industry and films have been theri passsion for years. For me, its not a passion, it is something that has grown on me over time, and I had no plans of being an actress. I was an athelete and saw myself working in a 9-5 job,” says Genelia.
She loves he south films, and over time, she started understnading the beauty of it, and the culrutal difference it makes. But she says that in the South, the actors are accepted only for a film or two, as they are constantly in search of newcomers, and the shelf life of a heroine is really short. ” Thankfully for me, I have lasted longer. I love doing films there and I wasn’t doing them while waiting for a Bollywood offer. As for Hindi film indsuty, I am too new to talk aboout competetion, but I am talking one film at a time,” she confesses.