She’s been a popular face on national television and with her debut on the silver screen earlier this year in Girish Dhamija’s Phhir, she hopes her popularity trails her. And host and actor Roshni Chopra has also busied herself with yet another interesting venture — of chronicling and capturing big, fat Indian weddings on reel — with her husband, Siddharth Anand Kumar.
“My husband made our entire wedding procedure into a film and that was his wedding gift to me. Since then, a lot of our friends have requested us to do the same for them and we obliged them on a very informal level.” She explains, adding, “Weddings in India are a long drawn and elaborate affair and capturing them on reel is a bigger affair these days. Have we ever thought that these captured moments are what stay on? So, why not present it better?”
Wedding photography, Roshni informs, has been pretty untapped and ‘stylised wedding photography is hardly available’. “While we have teams based in Delhi and Mumbai, we are open to working anywhere in India or even destination weddings anywhere in the world. We generally have elaborate meetings with the families of the bride and groom to know what exactly they want and it’s always so heartwarming to see the excitement — I always tell my husband the moments captured are so genuine — nothing fake about it,” the actor states.
Roshni is currently hosting a laughter show on television, Comedy Circus and is enjoying every bit of it. “But it’s not all laughs. I am surrounded by people who are so witty and quick that I too have to be very spontaneous with my humour — there’s no chance of retakes,” she says.
So, is she game for another reality show? “I have never taken any conscious career decisions — be it films or television — I have not targeted any particular medium or genre. I never expected to win the reality show, Desi Girls, last year and that has undoubtedly been a huge boost to my career,” she quips, adding, “One cannot deny the fact that reality shows allow a lot of visibility and one is able to be oneself rather than live a character day in and out.”
