Bipasha Basu is on screen this week as one half of a couple that specialize in breaking relationships. "Jodi Breakers" also includes a song named after the actor. She talks about the film and relationships: "Jodi Breakers" is a celebration of break-ups but isn't the happy break-up a contradiction in terms? Can a soured love affair ever end well? It is not a celebration of break-ups. It's about believing in love but realizing that you should only be in a relationship if you are in love. It's about the break-up of unhappy couples. The Jodi Breakers believe in love. They believe that there is a soul mate always. But don't stay in a relationship for convenience. There is here, as with most of your roles, an emphasis on your physicality, especially with the song, "Bipasha." Do you find that your looks get in the way of your acting? The first impression that you make in the movies stays very strong. The stereotype is very prevalent in Bollywood. It's very difficult to break through it, no matter how many different films I do. I don't think about it. I do the work I want to do. Initially, I was apprehensive about the song with my name. I have been very protective of my name - it's a very uncommon name. First I said no. Salim Sulaiman made this number. I made everyone hear it and everyone loved it at first go. This is one film that I'm really attached to. The character I'm playing is very similar to the real me. It's one script that I've chased. So I thought that since I love everything about the film, I can also extend my name to the film by doing the song. Given the paucity of good roles for women in Bollywood, do you hope to diversify into production or direction anytime soon? Health and fitness is a passion. Production comes a little easily to me because I am very disciplined and smart. Writing is something I like to do. So you never know. I never have a plan in place. It just happens. You once said in an interview that "I'm a fairy tale believer. I believe in eternal love and romance. Has the belief changed over the years and with experience or are you still a believer? I'm a believer in fairy tales. I'm not cynical about love. I also have to get my soul mate. Right now I'm too busy so he'd better find me. But it's not easy. The first thing I want in my man is that he has that level of confidence because I'm a super-confident girl. In this business, everybody has too many insecurities. So I don't know where I'll bump into that special person. But I'm confident that there is somebody. It will happen with time. British-Indian filmmaker Asif Kapadia's latest film "Senna" won two statues at the recently held BAFTA awards - one for best documentary and another, for best editing. Mr. Kapadia on "Senna" and the Oscar snub: Did winning two awards - BAFTAS - help to take the sting out of not making it to the Oscar nomination list? It was disappointing at the time but I think that is over and done with. We've moved on from the Oscars. I'm from the UK, so winning two BAFTAS is great. To win the best editing award was really special. There were movies there that had 15 times our budget and we beat them. That was amazing. I read that it took you four years to whittle down 15,000 hours of footage to 90 minutes for "Senna." Was there ever a moment in these years when the task seemed overwhelming, when you wanted to just go for the conventional route of talking heads and give up your much more challenging narrative design? We always knew that there is a really good film in there. It was a question of how long it would take to find it. But mentally you're exhausted from looking at so much material so part of you wants it to end and part of you always feels that it could be better. For us, the big question was how do we engage an audience that doesn't like sport and doesn't like racing. How do we get them in the theater? That was a big challenge. For a feature filmmaker, what is the most satisfying thing about making a documentary? The approach of making a film is similar - after all a film is a film. But here, everything actually happened. It's amazingly powerful for an audience to be engaged by reality instead of actors pretending. Making a documentary widens your experience. Some directors think it's a step back from filmmaking but that's not true. You mentioned in an interview that you are interested in doing a biopic of Sachin Tendulkar. What is attractive about that story and how close are you to actually doing this? It was part of a conversation rather than a real plan. I was saying that Tendulkar is to India what Senna is to Brazil. It was more of an example rather than something that I'm in the middle of doing. What do you think is the one enduring trait of world-class sportsmen like Senna or Tendulkar? Senna transcended the sport. He meant so much to his country. The way he lived his life, he refused to quit, he was famous for being the tough guy. He was almost bigger than the sport. That's what makes him stand out. That's why you can make a film about him. He's had movie star looks, movie star intensity and passion. A lot of sportsmen are great at what they do but they are bland when you hear them speak. I don't know if I would pay money to see a movie on their lives. But Senna was never bland. Maybe with Sachin there is a movie there. But I don't know enough. Maybe someone in India will make it. Newlyweds Ritesh Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza will play onscreen lovers in this week's release: "Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya." The rom-com is their third film together. Ritesh talks about keeping life and art separate. Is it easier or harder when your real life partner is your co-star? The only two advantages are comfort level and the confidence you have that it's ok to take an extra step, to improvise, perhaps add another line. But beyond that you have to work just as hard on a scene. In fact, sometimes there is more pressure. They expect that there will always be chemistry. But I believe that chemistry is in the script and character and it has got nothing to do with the relationship of the two people. If the scene is written well, the chemistry will come. I remember one co-actor, who was in a relationship with another actor, told me that there are so many times as a couple that you can understand each other's feelings with just a look but the audience doesn't understand. You think that you are relating to them but actually you aren't. So you have to be aware of these things. When both partners are actors, is there a tendency to give advice and try and hone each other's performance? You do the script as an actor. My lines are my business. Her lines are her business. Then it's the director's call. We go by director's judgment. You are as good or as bad as the director. You should go by one person's vision only and that is the director. Of course we consult each other on roles and even read each other's scripts. But to do the film is the individual's decision. Do you find that you have been slotted as a comic actor? I seriously want to do something that is not comical. Now the only comedies I'm doing are sequels of the films that I was a part of. I really enjoyed doing "Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya." As actors, you are dependent on people who cast you. I can only choose from what is offered to me. I'd love to do a negative role, a thriller or even horror. Producing and acting in a Marathi film is what I'm looking forward to this year. But I don't want to do things just to be different. It has to feel right. Do you see yourself moving into direction? Direction is a great field. But I want to produce correctly first. I'm an architect in terms of education. You need knowledge of the craft. If I ever feel like directing, I will first learn it at film school. You don't want to go underprepared for anything. But as of now I'm enjoying acting. Every person on set thinks things should be done a certain way but that doesn't mean he can become a director. Directors are much bolder than actors. We have an easier job.